Defense
Committee Contact Information
H-405 The Capitol
(202) 225-2847
Membership
- Betty McCollum, Chair
- Tim Ryan
- C.A. 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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"We need to be mindful that many of the challenges we face may require a diplomatic or economic response, rather than a military one, and we need to be smart about using all of the tools that are at our disposal. One of the things that makes the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility different from other combatant commands is its proximity to the United States. Events in the region can have a direct impact on the United States and on our friends and allies."
"In the last ten years, Democratic and Republican administrations and Congresses used OCO as a budget gimmick to circumvent BCA caps. It is time we correct those past mistakes, and I would to remind my colleagues that our FY 2021 House report stated, “The OCO experiment has been an abject failure and has given the Department a budgetary relief valve that has allowed it to avoid making difficult decisions.”