National Defense / Veterans

WASHINGTON - Today, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 passed the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. This bill strengthens and modernizes our national defense readiness on multiple fronts, enabling our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines to re... Read more »

House Passes Kelly's Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass House Resolution 107, The Sergeant First Class Sean Cooley and Specialist Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program Act, introduc... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Trent Kelly (R-MS) along with Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) introduced House Resolution 599, Expressing Support of Independence and Further Development of the Strategic Partnership Between the United States and Uzbekistan. This legislation seeks to strengthen e... Read more »

WASHINGTON - House leadership has selected Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) to serve on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee for Fiscal Year 2020. "After more than three decades of serving in the Mississippi Army National Guard, Trent is no stranger to understanding the... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Congressman Trent Kelly (MS-01) led a bipartisan delegation to the Middle East where members served Thanksgiving Day lunch to service men and women who are stationed at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. More than 4,000 members of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi National Guard, d... Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) has introduced H.R. 6281, the Veterans Flexibility of Annuities for Income Relief (FAIR) Act of 2018, to modify the Survivor Benefit Plan to extend the one-year opt-out window to six years. The bill has garnered the support of Republicans and Democra... Read more »

House passes legislation to honor fallen Mississippi soldier WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation introduced by Representative Trent Kelly (MS-01) to honor a Mississippi soldier killed in action. H.R. 5309 designates the United States Postal Service facility in Oxf... Read more »

Kelly, Boyd to Present Military Medals Thursday, August 11 11:00 am CST in MANTACHIE: Representative Trent Kelly and State Representative Randy Boyd (R-Mantachie) will present military medals to World War II Army Veteran Orva "O.R." Dulaney, Medic, United States Army. The ceremony will take place at... Read more »

Rep. Kelly Honors Fallen Soldier WASHINGTON – Rep. Trent Kelly (MS-01) introduced legislation to designate the United States Postal Service facility in Oxford, Mississippi, as the "Army First Lieutenant Donald C. Carwile Post Office Building." Carwile, a 101st Airborne Division officer, was killed i... Read more »

House Passes Funding Bill to Provide for National Defense WASHINGTON – Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS) released the following statement after House passage of the Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY2016: “My vote in favor of the omnibus bill was about one thing- keeping this country safe. It is what I pledged... Read more »