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United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Senators Katie Britt (R-AL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), and [...]

Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema met with Major General Kerry Muehlenbeck, the Adjutant General of the Arizona National Guard, to discuss steps shes taking to advance Arizonas top military priorities. [...]

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and 33 of his Senate colleagues published an open letter today urging the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to ensure over-the-counter birth control is available [...]

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed the Senate Appropriations Committee's bipartisan, unanimous passage of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) bill. As a member [...]

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reintroduced the PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act, which would provide blood testing for service members [...]

State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Andris Pels, met with a United States Congressional staff delegation for a discussion on bilateral cooperation between Latvia and the [...]

The UK governments plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to alternative accommodation, including military barracks, have been met with controversy. Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick announced the plans, billed as [...]

U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ben Ray Lujn (D-NM), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize increased funding for [...]

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, secured the authorization of $266.7 million for North Carolina military installations in the National Defense Authorization Act [...]

Opposition MP Mr. Ferdinand Xhaferraj summoned the Minister of Defense, Mr. Niko Peleshi, regarding the lease and concession of properties of army bases. In submitting this interpellation, Mr. Xhaferraj said [...]

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) cheered Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, which contains a number of provisions to help Washington servicemembers and [...]

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, successfully led a comprehensive amendment to the fiscal year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) [...]

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to introduce the Filthy Fifty Act, legislation directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify and clean [...]

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, was selected by his committee colleagues to continue serving as Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on [...]

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, secured the authorization of $214.1 million for North Carolina military installations in the National Defense Authorization Act for [...]

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez voted in favor of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and applauded several inclusions that will benefit New Jerseys military installations, including the Joint Base [...]

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the soon-to-pass, bipartisan spending package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 includes $1.486 billion in federal funding [...]

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, secured the authorization of $1.821 billion for North Carolina military installations in the final National Defense Authorization Act [...]

Eighty two public health and environmental organizations sent a letter to Sen. Inhofe, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, signaling concern about proposals to remove critical provisions related to [...]

U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) spoke on the Senate floor calling on the Senate to vote to override the presidents recent veto of Udalls bipartisan resolution to terminate the presidents [...]

Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution calling on the Senate to probe the national security implications of an alleged agreement allowing Dito Telecommunity Corp., a Chinese telecommunications firm [...]

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. Included in the legislation were two amendments authored by Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09) requiring [...]

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., met with military leaders from Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Ga., and Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., along with local elected officials and community stakeholders [...]

chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, praised the committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which was reported out of committee by a vote of [...]

U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced the Creig Sharp Funeral Honors for Veterans Act, to ensure that all veterans [...]

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) introduced the Requiring Every American Defense Installation to Nullify Environmental Stresses for Security (READINESS) Act of 2019, legislation [...]

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Defense and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Requiring Every American Defense Installation to Nullify Environmental Stresses [...]

Harlem resident and army veteran Mark A. Favors will testify before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the militarys contamination of community drinking [...]

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, urged Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson to cooperate with the State of [...]

U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H,) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation to hold federal [...]

U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., filed a bipartisan amendment in response to a recent report about lead poisonings and dangerous lead levels in housing on U.S. [...]

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) urged Senate colleagues to support the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the Senators legislation to help juvenile victims of sexual assault have greater access [...]

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) and Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today announced that the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget bill includes funding to address ongoing drinking [...]

U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to voice concerns about the collection [...]

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to voice concerns about the collection [...]

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today introduced the Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017 in the Senate. The [...]

The U.S. Senate has approved a $700 billion Pentagon budget that is expected to boost the fortunes of the state's military cluster. The budget has several legislative obstacles to overcome [...]