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09.14.2012 |
McKeon Floor Statement on National Security and Jobs Protection Act
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement today as prepared for delivery on the House floor regarding H.R. 6365 the National Security and Jobs Protection Act: "Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the National Security and Jobs Protection Act of...
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09.14.2012 |
McKeon Statement on Passage of National Security and Jobs Protection Act
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon issued the following statement upon passage of the National Security and Jobs Protection Act of 2012 by the House of Representatives: “The passage of this bill marks the fifth time this year the House of Representatives has voted to res...
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08.07.2012 |
Sequestration Transparency Act Signed into Law
WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement on news that President Obama has signed the Sequestration Transparency Act into law. "Within 30 Days, the Commander-In-Chief will have to do what this Committee, the Secretary of Defense, and our commanders around the world began ...
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07.30.2012 |
The danger of Obama’s inaction on sequestration
By Howard P. “Buck” McKeon Only a handful of legislative days remain to resolve the devastating cuts to our military, known as sequestration, before the campaign trail becomes the sole focus of political activity. The false notion persists that the deadline is Jan. 2, when the Office of Management ...
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07.18.2012 |
McKeon Statement on Passage of Sequestration Transparency Act
Washington - Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the House passage of H.R. 5872, The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012, on Wednesday: “Passage of the Sequestration Transparency Act is an important step towards ...
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06.24.2012 |
The disastrous impact of sequestration
A casual glimpse at the headlines these days confirms that America faces a daunting combination of a dangerous national security environment and a volatile global economy. We are still at war in Afghanistan. Iran and North Korea appear intent on building nuclear weapons. Tensions are brewing in the...
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06.05.2012 |
America's Defense Industrial Base And Good Jobs Are At Risk
By REP. HOWARD P. "BUCK" MCKEON Even as our nation struggles to recover from the financial crisis, America's aerospace and defense industry embodies some of our greatest aspirations for the American economy. It is a manufacturing industry at the cutting edge of technology and innovation. It is Amer...
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