Committee Insider:House Armed Services
May 11, 2009
At the beginning of the year, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) promised a jam-packed agenda for his committee, with hearings on Iraq, Afghanistan-Pakistan issues and the Pentagon’s acquisition process.
So far, he is making good on his promise.
May 11, 2009
Amid the avalanche of news conferences and photo ops on Capitol Hill, Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) got a lot done last week.
McHugh, the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, co-led a markup hearing on a Pentagon acquisition reform bill that passed unanimously, and he co-sponsored legislation to keep Guantánamo Bay detainees from coming to U.S. prisons.
May 11, 2009
The House Armed Services Committee may not have the cachet among defense industry lobbyists that the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense has, but K Streeters who work for military contractors say their peers ignore Armed Services at their own peril.
May 11, 2009
It isn’t often that Congressional committee staff directors garner national media attention.
They usually operate behind the scenes, ensuring the leadership is on-schedule and on-message at hearings and with pending legislation. However, Erin Conaton, majority staff director for the House Armed Services Committee since 2006, found herself at the epicenter of a news storm more than two years ago after conservatives became enraged with a 15-page memorandum she penned.
May 11, 2009
The following is a look back at the history of the House Armed Services Committee.
