news

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year Army veteran, released the following statement on the current status of the United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan: “The safety of American servicemembers and U.S. personnel on the ground must be our number one priority as we continue withdrawal operations from Afghanista... Read more »

Rep. Anthony G. Brown (D-Md.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year Army veteran, said in a statement that the U.S. should “use all available resources and immediately conduct a major military airlift campaign to protect and evacuate our citizens in harm’s way and secure our Afghan partners who worked alongside us for decades.” Read more »

“As the department moves forward with initiatives to empower and support every young American who has answered the call, we must stand by them and continue forward progress toward meeting our common creed." Read more »

A February halt to Department of Defense advisory boards has prevented the Naval Academy Board of Visitors from meeting since 2020. The board was scheduled to meet in May, ahead of the Naval Academy’s commissioning. That meeting was scratched due to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s Jan. 30 order that prevented any of the DOD advisory boards from meeting until his office finished a review of th... Read more »

“It’s unacceptable that despite ordering an Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, the Department has thus far refused to adopt its full recommendations. There are real consequences when our military justice system fails to protect victims of domestic abuse, child abuse and hate crimes. Lives are shattered and forever changed when this system fails to protect servicemembers like SPC Vanessa Guillén." Read more »

"This issue has been around for a long time," he added. "It's an under-prosecution of sexual assault and an over-prosecution of Black and brown people." Read more »

President Joe Biden is facing bipartisan backlash to his administration’s agreement with Germany that allows a controversial Russian natural-gas pipeline to be completed, arguing that the deal is a boon to Moscow at the expense of Ukraine. Biden and his deputies have long been at odds with members of Congress on the pipeline, known as Nord Stream 2, with lawmakers overwhelmingly approving a slate ... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Case You Missed It, Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) a member of the House Armed Services Committee, during a Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing on the Findings and Recommendations of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, urged action on comprehensive military justice reform to address the glaring under-prosecution of sexual assault ... Read more »

Democrats are scrambling to find a path forward to reforming the military justice system, as lawmakers split over the best way to address serious crimes — primarily sexual assault — within the ranks and tackle racial disparities in military courts. House Armed Services Committee Democratic members disagree on a central tenet of the bill — removing commanders' authority to prosecute all serious cr... Read more »

WASHINGTON — Military veterans have to wait for an upgrade to the Department of Veterans Affairs' electronic health records system. The agency underestimated the cost of the modernization effort by billions of dollars. "The electronic health records modernization program is too important to get wrong," said Rep. Mike Bost (R-Illinois). The VA's $16.1 billion electronic health records modernizatio... Read more »