WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-6) and Jim Banks (IN-3) sent a letter to United States Military Academy Superintendent Lieutenant General Steven Gilland and Air Force Academy Superintendent Lieutenant General Richard Clark voicing their concern over events that took place at the U.S Military Academy’s Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference last month. A... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) introduced the Sanctions Lists Harmonization Act to require coordination between the federal agencies managing prohibited party lists whenever a new entity is added. The U.S. Government maintains various sanctions lists with different jurisdiction authorities. “Right now, national security agencies do not communicate adequately wh... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-6), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and Joe Wilson (SC-2) sent a letter to President Joseph Biden to urge efforts from the Administration to help end the unacceptable treatment of Iraqi Kurds and the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) by Iran-aligned elements in Iraq. Read the full letter: Dear President Biden, We urge you to make every ef... Read More »
FOX NEWS: The era of Ukraine’s blank check from Congress is over Europe must do more for Ukraine. America has to protect its own border By, Rep. Mike Waltz September 18, 2023 Most Americans are sympathetic to Ukraine and understand Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion is the next big step in his goal of recreating the old Soviet Union. If Putin is successful in Ukraine, he won’t stop until ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) joined NBC’s Garrett Haake on Meet the Press Now to discuss why Speaker McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is justified and the ongoing government spending debate. Watch the exchange here. Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-6) and Neal Dunn (FL-2) led a bipartisan letter with ten fellow members of the Florida Congressional delegation to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker urging the NCAA to reverse course on its decision to retroactively punish collegiate student athlete and Floridian Darrell Jackson Jr. for putting hi... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, U.S. Congressmen and veterans Mike Waltz (FL-6), Dan Crenshaw (TX-2), and Jake Ellzey (TX-6) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an immediate review of options for a new trial for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. The letter follows Tuesday’s decision by Judge Reggie B. Walton to vacate the court-martial co... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) questioned Colonel (Ret.) Seth Krummrich and Command Sergeant Major Jacob Smith during the House Foreign Affairs Oversight & Accountability Subcommittee hearing on the Biden Administration's preparation for the Afghanistan withdrawal. Watch the full exchange here. “Bagram, and this is critical to the families sitting behind you, wa... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) questioned Superintendents Lieutenant General Steven W. Gilland of West Point, Vice Admiral Sean Buck of the U.S. Naval Academy, and Lieutenant General Richard M. Clark of the U.S. Air Force Academy on the teaching of Critical Race Theory at U.S. Military Academies during a House Armed Service Committee hearing. Watch the full exc... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-6), Brian Mast (FL-21), and Cory Mills (FL-7) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken regarding several concerning statements made by the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPE) John Kerry on his use of chartered Military Aircraft (MILAIR) and private planes during his testimony before a House Foreign Affairs ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, during a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) pressed Special Presidential Envoy on Climate John Kerry about his travel on, and ownership of, a private jet, as well as his shadow diplomacy with the Iran Regime during the Trump Administration. Watch the full exchange here. “In an exchange with Mr. Mills, you just testified un... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) announced a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Technical, Industrial, and Governmental Engagement for Readiness (TIGER) Task Force to modernize U.S. foreign military sales processes in several key areas so that it is responsive to U.S. national security needs and those of our partners and allies. This bipartisa... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, U.S. Congressmen Mike Waltz (FL-6), Greg Steube (FL-17), and Pat Fallon (TX-4) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall expressing their deep concern with a speech given by U.S. Space Force Lieutenant General DeAnna Burt, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, at a Pentagon Pride event earlier this month. During her r... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following statement in support of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes several of his priorities, including ensuring military readiness and bolstering our military personnel in Florida as well as addressing the growing thr... Read More »
Washington Examiner: Biden’s climate transition will harm our military readiness and national security By Rep. Mike Waltz June 22, 2023 What if I told you China ’s People’s Liberation Army or some other adversary could strike the U.S. homeland through cyber or by cutting off critical supply chains in a way that rivaled the carnage of the Sept. 11 attacks? Such a brutal assault against our citizens... Read More »
