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Jan 20, 2011 Legislative Action Blog

Members of the House Armed Services Committee today approved the rules and oversight plan for the 112th Congress at an organizational meeting.

Jan 20, 2011 Press Release

Washington, D.C.—U.S Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) and U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, today announced the leadership and membership of the subcommittees for the 112th Congress. 

Jan 20, 2011 Legislative Action Blog

The Chairman and the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee today announced the leaders and membership of the committee's subcommittees. 

In the release, the two leaders stressed that the Armed Services Committee will continue to work in a bipartisan manner on national security issues.

Jan 20, 2011 Legislative Action Blog

The Chairman and the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee today announced the leaders and membership of the committee's subcommittees. 

In the release, the two leaders stressed that the Armed Services Committee will continue to work in a bipartisan manner on national security issues.

Jan 14, 2011 Legislative Action Blog

Washington, D.C. – The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Calif.), today announced his intent to realign the committee’s subcommittee structure in order to better align the committee’s oversight activities with the country’s national security challenges, as well as breakthrough stovepipes and inefficiencies within the Department of Defense.

Jan 14, 2011 Legislative Action Blog

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today unveiled a rules package and oversight plan that fulfills his commitment to place the Armed Services Committee on a “war footing” in the 112th Congress.  The Armed Services Committee will meet to approve the rules package and oversight plan on Thursday, January 20, at 10:00 a.m.

Jan 12, 2011 Press Release

 

Washington, D.C. – Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee and Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), the Ranking Member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, today called on Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) to utilize the “reserve funds” he imbedded in the House Budget Resolution to pay for key benefits that were promised to and are so richly deserved by America’s military personnel and their families, military retirees, and veterans. 

 

Jan 12, 2011 Press Release

 

Washington, D.C. – Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee and Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), the Ranking Member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, today called on Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) to utilize the “reserve funds” he imbedded in the House Budget Resolution to pay for key benefits that were promised to and are so richly deserved by America’s military personnel and their families, military retirees, and veterans. 

 

Jan 8, 2011 Press Release
Santa Clarita, Calif. -- U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement condemning the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.):
Jan 8, 2011 Press Release
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement criticizing the President for issuing a signing statement in opposition to a provision in the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 which would prohibit the Administration from transferring any terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the United States:

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