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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"I am particularly alarmed by the suggestion of some that they would prefer to funding the government under a full-year Continuing Resolution. This would harm our military: stalling modernization efforts, readiness, capacity, recruitment, operations and maintenance, impacting pay for our troops, and wasting billions in taxpayer dollars on capabilities we no longer need."
"I urge my Republican colleagues to come to join us at the negotiating table so we can fund the entire government. Because America’s national security is about more than how many dollars we provide the Pentagon."
A full-year Continuing Resolution will make America less safe as we confront dangerous threats around the world. A full-year Continuing Resolution hurts our servicemembers and their families. A full-year Continuing Resolution misaligns resources and wastes taxpayer dollars, all while damaging our military readiness.
"Over the past few years, several studies and reports have expressed significant concern about the ability of our workforce to meet the current and future workforce gaps in skilled trades, engineering, and emerging technologies throughout the defense sector...This challenge has been a particular interest of mine as Chair, and the Committee’s report for Fiscal Year 2022 includes several reporting requirements from the Department on this issue."