Policy · 117th Congress
Navy conquered COVID-19 on ships, but pandemic has a long tail
Rob Wittman, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee.
Search Roll Call
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
999 results for "Command House"
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police, DC National Guard leaders need emergency authority to act, review finds
National Guard, and the chain of command runs down to the Defense secretary and the Army secretary.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police chief disputes FBI’s account of pre-insurrection warnings
“The FBI only sent the email,” Pittman told House appropriators Wednesday.
Policy · 117th Congress
SolarWinds hack may lead to breach notification law and stronger cyber agency
Without a law and clear guidance, companies don’t know whom to alert when they’re hacked, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said at a joint hearing of the House Oversight and Reform and House Homeland
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Quite a week,’ Pelosi says, previewing more to come
The week of Feb. 22 is when the House plans to bring the package to the floor, with the Rules Committee as usual determining the procedures governing debate.
Policy · 117th Congress
DHS agency should defend all federal computer networks, experts say
[jwp-video n=”1″] The House Homeland Security hearing chaired by Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers near big response to military ‘rape epidemic’
Nearly half the House co-sponsored her bill in the last Congress.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate confirms Austin as nation’s first Black Defense secretary
The House voted 326-78 to pass a waiver Thursday, which exempts Austin from the seven-year “cooling off period” for retired generals taking over the helm of the Pentagon currently prescribed by law
Congress · 117th Congress
‘All hell broke loose’: January so far a roller coaster for D.C. statehood
The chain of command goes through the Army secretary to the president, who spent at least part of the afternoon sending mixed signals to the rioters, calling them “very special.”
Policy · 117th Congress
Senators to grill Austin on domestic threats, civilian control of Defense
The following day, the Republican Study Committee, which counts most House GOP lawmakers as members, said it also opposes the waiver.
Video · 117th Congress
Austin stresses importance of civilian control of military
Both the House and the Senate must agree to waive that law, which the House plans to consider on Thursday.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi taps retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to conduct Capitol security review
Pelosi said Honoré, who has accepted her request, will review the Capitol “security infrastructure, interagency processes and command and control.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Troops are sleeping in the Capitol. It’s been a rare sight since the Civil War
But a socially distanced line began to form at a market that serves hot food in the House basement when they heard they could pay for something better.
Policy · 117th Congress
Cleaning up SolarWinds hack may cost as much as $100 billion
“It’s like knowing a burglar has been in your house, but you don’t really know what they took, so you have to go into every room, and inventory everything of value everywhere before you have confidence
Policy · 117th Congress
Trump-inspired insurrection prompts concern over control of nuclear weapons
Speaker Nancy Pelosi also said in a Friday letter to Democratic House members that she spoke earlier in the morning to Gen.
Policy · 117th Congress
Thousands of guardsmen to stay in D.C. through Biden inauguration
“The vice president is not in the chain of command,” McCarthy said, “and we were in constant contact with the White House throughout the day.”
Congress · 117th Congress
National Guard troops deployed as pro-Trump mob swarms Capitol
to quell protests outside the White House last summer, were noticeably absent.
Policy · 117th Congress
Lobbyists with ties to House GOP see fortunes rising
In the 2022 elections, House Republicans may well regain control.
Policy · 116th Congress
US finds more attacks on networks, warns of a ‘grave risk’
“The magnitude of the attack is hard to overstate,” wrote Tom Bossert, who was the White House cybersecurity adviser until the position was eliminated by President Donald Trump in April 2018.
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden’s Pentagon nominee faces skepticism
leadership, character, and command,” Biden said.