Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes issued the following statement today on the terrorist attack in Nice, France: “The horrific massacre in Nice is yet another attack not only on the people of France, but on the entire free world. Modern civilization is under siege by savage terrorists who seek to impose their ruthless, barbaric… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), under the direction of Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA), approved publication of a newly declassified section of the 2002 Joint Congressional Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.   Following a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes issued the following statement today about the FBI’s decision to recommend that Hillary Clinton not be prosecuted for mishandling classified information: “According to Director Comey, the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton has revealed ‘extremely careless’ handling of classified information by… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes issued the following statement about today’s terrorist shooting in Orlando: “The initial indications clearly point to the Orlando shooting being an ISIS-inspired act of mass murder – one that is gruesome even by ISIS’s sickening standards. These mass killings of innocent people cannot be stopped… Read more »

The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 on a bipartisan 371-35 vote. The bill (H.R. 5077), which passed unanimously out of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on April 29, ensures that the programs and activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), including Department of Defense (DoD)… Read more »

 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes released the following statement on the reported death of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour:    “There are strong indications today that Taliban leader Mullah Mansour was killed in a U.S. air strike. If true, this would represent the well-deserved end of a bloodthirsty jihadist dedicated to… Read more »

By a unanimous voice vote, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today reported the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (H.R. 5077) to the full of House of Representatives. This legislation provides the Intelligence Community authorization needed to protect and defend the United States. It supports critical national security programs such as those… Read more »

 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes released the following statement in reaction to the attacks in Belgium: “We stand with the people of Belgium and will support them in any way possible in the wake of these barbaric attacks. Although we don’t have all the details yet on these bombings, it’s clear that terrorists are exploiting security gaps… Read more »

 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes released the following statement today in response to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry’s proposals to reform the Pentagon’s acquisition system: “Defense acquisition is too slow and robs our troops of their technological edge. Chairman Thornberry has developed excellent proposals for reform,… Read more »

 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes released the following statement today on the release by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence of 113 new documents captured in the raid on Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound:   “Although it is gratifying to see the new release of bin Laden documents, the Obama administration still needs to… Read more »