Afghanistan

Mask protests aren’t about freedom, they’re about selfishness

"Schools have every right to protect the children. And they should keep doing so, despite the rhetoric and cries from the anti-mask crowd. "

August 17, 2021

Alabama Republicans criticize Biden’s Afghanistan strategy

The result of a hasty American pullout has been a military, humanitarian and diplomatic disaster.

August 17, 2021

Rogers: Biden administration turned its back on women, children in Afghanistan

The Taliban took Kandahar on Friday and the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul on Sunday.

August 16, 2021

Loss in Afghanistan and the Angry White Man’s last gasp

After two decades of fighting, we walk away from Afghanistan, having accomplished little, if anything.

August 15, 2021

Shelby applauds supplemental funding for National Guard, Capitol Police

The legislation provides $100 million for the Capitol Police, $300 million for Capitol security measures, and $1 billion for the Department of Defense.

July 30, 2021

Rogers says that Biden failed to present a plan for the future of Afghanistan

The Afghanistan War, at over 19 years in length, is the longest war in American history.

July 9, 2021

Mike Rogers mourns the passing of Donald Rumsfeld

Rumsfeld was 88. He served as secretary of defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Gerald Ford.

July 1, 2021

Rogers opposes repeal of the 2002 Iraq AUMF

Rogers, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke on the floor against the repeal of the 2002 AUMF.

June 24, 2021

Transcript: President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress

President Joe Biden asked lawmakers to work with him to pass his agenda in an address to a Joint Session of Congress.

April 29, 2021

Former CEO of defense contractor charged for schemes to defraud U.S. government

Paul Daigle, age 40, has been charged with conspiracy, four counts of wire fraud and four counts of false claims.

November 18, 2020