Defense (116th Congress)
Committee Contact Information
H-405 The Capitol
(202) 225-2847
Membership
- Pete Visclosky, Chairman
- Betty McCollum
- Tim Ryan
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- Marcy Kaptur
- Henry Cuellar
- Derek Kilmer
- Pete Aguilar
- Cheri Bustos
- Charlie Crist
- Ann Kirkpatrick
- Ken Calvert, Ranking Member
- Hal Rogers
- Tom Cole
- Steve Womack
- Robert Aderholt
- John Carter
- Mario Diaz-Balart
Jurisdiction
Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Office of Secretary of Defense, and Defense Agencies including activities related to military personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; research and development; and the Military Health System.
Intelligences activities such as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Jurisdiction excludes Department of Defense-related accounts and programs under the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
Recent Activity
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"It is in this environment of uncertainty that the Committee must review the Administration’s budget request for Afghanistan, which is dated. General, we need your best assessment of the situation as it is today. With respect to plans for U.S. troop withdrawal, the Committee needs to understand which bases are closing, which of our units are coming out, and when. We need to know the costs attributable to the drawdown and where the money would come from. This is made more problematic since the Administration has used of nearly all of its transfer authority to build the border wall."
"We recognize that this is an extraordinary time for the United States Army. Our nation presently has over 187,000 soldiers deployed in 140 countries around the world. These soldiers are the Army’s most critical resource. We will talk today about the training, equipment, and resources needed to give our soldiers the skills and tools needed to accomplish their missions. But we would also like you to know that the members of this Committee care deeply about the welfare and quality of life of our men and women in uniform. We want to make sure we take care of these needs, as well."