WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chair Jackie Speier (CA-14) and House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations Chair Gerry Connolly (VA-11) wrote a letter to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam calling for additional action to address persistent threats, hostility directed toward Black... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Austin Scott (GA-08) and Richard Hudson (NC-08) introduced the Africa Foreign Relations, International Cooperation, and Assistance (AFRICA) Act, H.R. 8186, to enhance security and economic partnerships between the United States and African countries. The bill requires the Secretar... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), a 30-year Army veteran, released a statement regarding the Washington Post report on persistent threats and hostility directed toward Black cadets at the Virginia Military Institute: “Young men and women choose to join the armed services out of duty and love of country. The threats, racism and hostile learning e... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (CA-37) and 41 Members of Congress wrote a letter to Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee advocating for additional conditions and limitations on the transfer of Department of Defense property and equipment to law enforcement agen... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement applauding the announcement of $50 million in research grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions - the largest ever in history: “Tapping into the talent and knowledge present at our nation’s HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institu... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), a retired Colonel in the Army Reserves and member of the House Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement regarding testimony that federal officials’ requested a heat ray and stockpiled ammunition before clearing peaceful protesters at Lafayette Square: “The military and weapons for war should... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair and 30-year Army veteran Congressman Anthony G. Brown (D-MD), Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) led 36 Members of Congress in a bipartisan letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership. As both chambers prepare for the conference committee process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 21 National Def... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39), Anthony Brown MD-04), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Deb Haaland (NM-01), Andy Kim (NJ-03), and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) led a bicameral letter urging the Chairpersons and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees—as they begin conference negotiations on ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined by Senator Ben Cardin and Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John P. Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone urged House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders to include a provision within the final defense authorization bill to require the Department of Defense (DOD)... Read more »
The Diversity in Defense Act is a compilation of several diversity and inclusion provisions, all of which are included in H.R.6395, and each was incorporated in a bipartisan manner, either in the Chairman’s mark or adopted via an en bloc amendment. Read more »
