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Mike Rogers

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Mike Dennis Rogers is a former U.S. Representative for Alabama's 3rd congressional district, serving from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Rogers held various influential positions in Congress, including Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. During his tenure, he focused on national security and intelligence issues, advocating for policies to strengthen the military and enhance oversight of intelligence operations.

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  1. The Civilian Marksmanship Program is an organization that was established initially by this Congress because we needed institutions to help people better understand gun safety and how to handle weapons. It has fulfilled a vital mission. Fortunately, in recent years, we have been able to not have to fund it anymore by being able to self-fund through the refurbishment and sale of surplus weapons. It has been their mission for a century. These 1911s are surplus pistols that were used up until the early nineties by our military. Since that time, statutorily, they were made available to law enforcement and allied countries. As you might imagine, most law enforcement and allied countries would rather have new, modern weapons, rather than surplus. So we have approximately 100,000 of these weapons in storage at the Anniston Army Depot in my district. It costs us in the neighborhood of $50,000 or $60,000 a year in direct cost to store these weapons. What the Armed Services Committee and this Congress in preceding NDAAs has repeatedly done has been to instruct the Department of the Army to start turning those over to the Civilian Marksmanship Program at 10,000 a year until the full 100,000 has been eliminated from our storage. The CMP--the Civilian Marksmanship Program--takes those weapons as they get them, completely refurbishes them, and then sells them to collectors. These are not weapons that wind up on the streets.…2 sources2017govinfo.gov
Jun 30, 2026

It was not a great deal for us. We’ll never see any revenue from that thing, from what people around the bridge tell me, for a long time.

nationalpost.com
Jun 28, 2026

They are encouraging a lot of people to get worked up to cross that line between what would be normal political discourse into radical, aggressive political behavior, including attempted murder, which you just saw in the UFC fights.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

That self-radicalization can be really dangerous.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

All of that activity is fed online and through the internet, through conversations and through this heated and wrong-headed violent rhetoric, and their violent terminology is very, very concerning.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

This No Kings notion. People are destroying your government and your way of life.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

They're calling people Nazis and anti-American.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

Our positive, issue-centered campaign for Michigan is working, and that's why in the last six polls or so we've been ahead of our Democrat opponents.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

I think that the Democratic Party walked away from working and middle-class Americans a decade ago, and in Michigan, people are starting to wake up to this notion that we can't continue to do this and expect our kids to stay.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

Welcome to the modern Democratic Party. This is not your dad's Democratic Party. It's not your grandmother's Democratic Party. This thing has veered so far to the left, and Michigan is at the epicenter of that.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

What these three Democrats are talking about, shared misery. We're gonna share our misery with everybody in the state. Not selling well, so we look forward to November and let them hash it out between now and then about who the Democrats…

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

Matter of fact, I think all three of the Democrats who are running for the nomination are out of step already, and it's only gonna get worse. This really will be about crazy versus common sense in the state of Michigan.

foxnews.com
May 29, 2026

They're going to spend a lot of money trying to make you not like me. We're going to spend our money trying to tell people what we're going to do for them and make their lives in our state better.

abcnews.com
May 29, 2026

This is a change election. People want to talk about Washington. This is about Michigan.

abcnews.com
Dec 10, 2025

First, I want to take a minute to thank the ranking member. As anybody who has listened to this debate can just tell, he is a very bright, very thoughtful, articulate fellow, and I am very fortunate that he is my partner in running the…

govinfo.gov
Dec 10, 2025

Mr. Speaker, as a Navy SEAL veteran, I am incredibly proud to rise today in support of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. This transformative piece of legislation delivers on the peace through strength mandate of this…

govinfo.gov
Dec 10, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to present the final National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026. This is a good product that was worked in a bipartisan, bicameral fashion. This year, we focused a lot of our efforts on fixing the…

govinfo.gov
Dec 8, 2025

I’m eager to send this to President Trump’s desk so we can give our military the tools they need to remain the most ready, capable, and lethal force in the world.

nytimes.com
Nov 30, 2025

We are committed to providing rigorous oversight of the boat strikes.

nytimes.com
Nov 30, 2025

We take seriously the reports of follow-on strikes on boats alleged to be ferrying narcotics in the SOUTHCOM region

apnews.com
Oct 29, 2025

The President has it exactly right: now is the time for America to demonstrate our resolve against Russian aggression.

nypost.com
Sep 10, 2025

I support this bipartisan en bloc amendment that was worked in advance with the minority. I also want to take a minute to completely foot-stomp what my friend, the ranking member, just said about the staff, not only the House Armed…

govinfo.gov
Sep 10, 2025

I agree with Chairman Hill that our committees have a lot of ground to cover on authorities to strengthen the defense industrial base. Mr. Messmer's amendment is a good attempt to break through some of the bureaucracy that has hampered…

govinfo.gov
Sep 10, 2025

In recent years, China has increased the size, scope, and complexity of its drills around Taiwan. As Admiral Paparo has said: These are not exercises. They are rehearsals for a forced reunification. President Trump understands that…

govinfo.gov
Sep 9, 2025

I rise today in favor of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. This bill fundamentally reforms defense acquisition to support a fighting force that will stand against those who threaten the United States of America. As…

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