WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement on the three-year anniversary of President Biden's catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. "In 2021, President Biden and Vice President Harris publicly set an arbitrary deadline to complete the United States' withdrawal from Afghan  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement on the USAID IG report on the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous Gaza pier operation. "The USAID IG report confirms my concerns that the Biden-Harris administration charged ahead with the Gaza pier operation against better jud  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Alabama, issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * Following Vice President Kamala Harris' interview with CNN, Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) released the following statement: "Last night's CNN interview with Vice President Harris raised even more questions in the minds of the American people about her fitness to serve as President," said Rep. Palmer. "The only true statement made during the interview was that her values have not c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), as a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, locked in $1.97 million for the City of Bayou La Batre in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This congressionally directed spending would enable the City to make critical upgrades to the Bayou La Batre Wastewater Treatment facility--replacing the headworks and ultravio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), as a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, locked in $2.5 million for the City of Gadsden in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This congressionally directed spending would improve critical drainage infrastructure to mitigate residential flooding in South Gadsden near Gadsden City High School. These infrastruct  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), as a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, locked in $3 million for the City of Union Springs in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This congressionally directed spending would enable the Board of Utilities to fund substantial improvements for its water system. Water system improvements would include the const  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), as a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, locked in $312,000 for the Town of Grove Hill in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This congressionally directed spending would enable the Town to modernize its existing water lines maintained by the Grove Hill Water System. Funds would be used to replace existing mai  more