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Dec 28, 2010
Legislative Action Blog
On December 21, incoming Chairman Buck McKeon issued a statement announcing the chairmen of the Armed Services subcommittees for the 112th Congress.
Compiled of experienced lawmakers, McKeon indicated that his new leadership team will allow the Armed Services Committee to hit the ground running when the gavel opens the 112th Congress.
In his statement, McKeon stressed the importance of a smooth transition from Democratic to Republican leadership: "The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, along with the other pressing national security challenges facing our nation, demand that the Armed Services Committee have a seamless transition and be ready to conduct important business..."
Dec 27, 2010
Defense Drumbeat
On December 21, incoming Chairman Buck McKeon issued a statement announcing the chairmen of the Armed Services subcommittees for the 112th Congress.
Compiled of experienced lawmakers, McKeon indicated that his new leadership team will allow the Armed Services Committee to hit the ground running when the gavel opens the 112th Congress.
Dec 27, 2010
Press Release
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.), incoming Chairman of House Armed Services Committee, today announced the appointments of subcommittee chairmen for the 112th Congress. As is the normal practice for the committee, the subcommittee structure and jurisdictions will be ratified as part of the committee rules during a full House Armed Services Committee organizational meeting in January.
Dec 21, 2010
Defense Drumbeat
Washington, D.C. (October 6, 2010)—The leaders of three conservative public policy groups recently penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing that defense spending is not the cause for the nation’s soaring deficits and is not “an appropriate target for indiscriminate budget-slashing in a still-dangerous world.” Instead, they argue that the government’s investment in defense, which only accounts for 4.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, is not “an appropriate target for indiscriminate budget-slashing in a still-dangerous world.”
Dec 21, 2010
Defense Drumbeat
Washington, D.C. (December 14, 2010)—Ignoring the concerns raised by the top officers in the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate are pushing ahead with plans to overturn the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. This renewed effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is gaining momentum even as the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, which authorizes the Department of Defense and national security programs in the Department of Energy, moves into “uncharted territory.”
Dec 21, 2010
Defense Drumbeat
Washington, D.C. (December 15, 2010)—Proponents of repealing the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law yesterday demanded that the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps either “fall in line and salute” or “resign now” after the nation’s top Marine “expressed concern that repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell; could cost Marine lives.”
Dec 21, 2010
Press Release
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.), the current Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding House consideration of H.R. 6540, the Defense Level Playing Field Act:
Dec 16, 2010
Letter
On October 15, 2010, Ranking Member McKeon sent a letter to Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy asking her to clarify her previous testimony regarding a cap on the number of U.S. troops which can be deployed to Afghanistan.
Dec 16, 2010
Letter
On October 15, 2010, Ranking Member McKeon sent a letter to Chairman Ike Skelton requesting a hearing with Secretary Gates on the Pentagon's four-track effort to reduce overhead and find $100 billion in efficiencies from Department of Defense operations.
Dec 16, 2010
Letter
On November 17, 2010, Ranking Member Buck McKeon sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates regarding security assistance funding to Pakistan.