House Armed Services Committee Archives

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks at DefenseScoop’s DefenseTalks on May 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Mattis: Don’t create separate military cyber service

The former defense secretary said U.S. Cyber Command needs emergency authority to be able to operate inside the United States.

May 23, 2024 By Tim Starks

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., is applauded after it is announced he would be the speaker pro tempore and preside over debate during the first session of the 116th Congress at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 3, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Langevin pushes for critical infrastructure protections in annual defense bill

Rep. Jim Langevin's amendment reflects one of the biggest unfulfilled Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations.

Jul 7, 2022 By Tim Starks

Chairman Rep. Adam Smith gives an opening statement before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

House Armed Services chair calls national security software, systems ‘too vulnerable’

Rep. Adam Smith said the U.S. needs to invest in modernizing national security software and systems, which he said are vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Jun 15, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I. — Rep. Jim Langevin speaks April 4, 2019, at the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum presented by Forcepoint and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. (CyberScoop)

Congressional cyber heavyweights Langevin, Katko won’t seek reelection

Reps. Jim Langevin and John Katko aren't just experts, they also have a track record of bipartisanship.

Jan 18, 2022 By Tim Starks

Department of Defense plaque — (DoD / Lisa Ferdinando)

House’s defense bill looks to protect Pentagon’s tech supply chain

Chairman Adam Smith’s mark of the National Defense Authorization Act seeks to prevent the DOD from acquiring foreign telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from companies that could…

Jun 11, 2019 By Shannon Vavra

U.S. Sailors assigned to Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) man their stations at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Aug. 4, 2010. // Photo by DoD

Proposed bill would make DOD tell Congress when ‘special cyber operations’ are taking place

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Armed Services Committee wants to codify a process that is currently done only as a courtesy.

May 26, 2017 By Chris Bing

Adm. Michael S. Rogers speaks to students and staff at the Center for Information Dominance, Unit Monterey, during an all-hands call. Rogers is the head of both NSA and Cyber Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan L. Guimont/Released)

NSA’s Rogers asks for big budget bump to separate U.S. Cyber Command

The nation's top cyberwarrior bluntly told a House panel Tuesday that it would take a 16 percent increase in U.S. Cyber Command's budget to separate it from…

May 24, 2017 By Shaun Waterman