WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. "On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists orchestrated the worst attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor - claiming the lives of thousands of innocent victims.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Barry Moore, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) released a statement after voting in support of the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act(link is external), introduced by Rep. Pfluger (R-TX). This legislation prevents funds from the Department of Homeland Security from flowing to American universities that host a Confucius Institute or maintain a relationship with a Chinese entity of c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) in introducing the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 to permanently add the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and provide the Secretary authority to flag all U.S. farmland acquisitions by foreign adversaries including China, North  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- 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 $345,000 for Birmingham's I3 Academy in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This congressionally directed spending would enable the procurement of technology and equipment for classrooms. The classroom technology and equipment would as  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today issued the following statement commemorating the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on our nation: "23 years have passed, yet America remembers September 11, 2001, like no other--the day our nation stood back up after the deadliest terrorist attack in human history stole the lives of 2,977 innocent people. These United States came together in unimagin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) yesterday joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy's (R-La.) Education Disruptor Roundtable to spotlight innovative leaders driving positive changes to the status quo in education. The roundtable included a panelist from Alabama, Ruben Morris, founder of the Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School (AAHS) located in Bessemer. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Call for Sec. of Agriculture to Hold Permanent Seat on CFIUS Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) today led a group of colleagues in introducing the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 to add the Secretary of Agriculture as a permanent member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The Secretary's incl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and several Senate colleagues recently demanded answers regarding the implementation of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) new financial management system, which disrupted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather forecast operations, delayed aid money for fishery disasters, threatened the availability of safety information for avi  more