Washington - The House Armed Services Committee has passed the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 57 to 2.
"The passage of the NDAA out of the Armed Services Committee marks the next major step in ensuring that we are sustaining our victories against foreign adversaries, protecting the homeland, and providing adequate resources to the men and women… Read more »
WASHINGTON - The deadly attacks on our American Service Members and innocent civilians are tragic and heartbreaking. My prayers go out to those who were injured and to the families of those who were killed.
I demand action from this administration to address this crisis, which they created with a lack of leadership and silence. This chaotic withdrawal has allowed our enemies to take… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, led House Armed Services Committee Republicans in pressing the Biden administration for a plan on Afghanistan.
In the letter the members wrote, “For months, we have been asking you for a plan on your withdrawal from Afghanistan. You failed to provide us with one and based… Read more »
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Trent Kelly is pleased to announce that President Joe Biden has signed into law H.R. 208. The legislation names the U.S. Post Office located at 500 West Main Street in Tupelo, Mississippi, the "Colonel Carlyle 'Smitty' Harris Post Office."
Colonel Harris was held as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam for just under eight years, enduring starvation,… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., along with U.S. Representatives Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and Trent Kelly, R-Miss., celebrated the designation of August 1, 2021 as Gold Star Children’s Day. On Thursday, the Senate passed a resolution introduced by Wicker and Manchin to officially set aside this day to recognize the sacrifices of the children of… Read more »
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Trent Kelly is pleased to announce the passage of H.R. 208, by both chambers in the U.S. Congress. The bill now awaits the President's signature. This legislation will name the U.S. Post Office located at 500 West Main Street in Tupelo, Mississippi, the Colonel Carlyle "Smitty" Harris Post Office.
"Colonel Harris was held as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam… Read more »
WASHINGTON – In the wake of a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) that would address what the head of the National Guard Bureau, Army General Daniel Hokanson, called “one of my most pressing concerns”, several military and service member support organizations have endorsed the Healthcare for our Troops Act.
The bill, H.R. 3512,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) introduced the Healthcare for our Troops Act, a bill that would make no-fee healthcare available to the over 800,000 Americans serving our nation in the Reserve and National Guard. The bipartisan bill is co-sponsored by the two co-chairs of the National Guard and Reserve Caucus, Congressman Tim Ryan… Read more »
BOONEVILLE - Today, U.S. Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) presented military medals to the family of World War II Veteran Walter Gann. In 1941, the 18-year-old Calhoun City resident was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Forces. Five months later, Mr. Gann and his comrades, charged with protecting the Bataan Peninsula, were fiercely attacked by the Imperial Japanese Army. After months of… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Representatives Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Service Committee’s Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, today issued the following joint statement after they hosted an inaugural briefing with the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.
“We were pleased today to host the… Read more »
