Press Releases

HPSCI Adopts New Subcommittees At today’s organizing meeting of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the committee adopted a new subcommittee structure and named its subcommittee chairmen, ranking members, and members. Chairman Devin Nunes released the following statement: “The Intelligence Committee has adopted a new subcommittee structure designed to… Read more »

Chairman Nunes Responds to State of the Union Chairman Nunes released the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: “Although the House of Representatives passed a cybersecurity bill in the last Congress, our efforts died in the Senate amid a presidential veto threat. So I welcome the President's recognition tonight of the urgent… Read more »

Chairman Nunes Welcomes Speaker Boehner’s  Appointment of HPSCI Members Chairman Nunes released the following statement after Speaker of the House John Boehner announced the appointment of Republican members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: “I welcome both the new and returning members to the Intelligence Committee. At a time when the United… Read more »

Chairman Nunes Responds to President Obama’s Cybersecurity Speech Chairman Nunes released the following statement responding to President Obama’s remarks today on cybersecurity: “Cyberattacks are a growing danger to the United States, our economy, and our national security. This Congress needs to strengthen our defenses against these attacks by passing an effective… Read more »

Chairman Nunes Outlines HPSCI Agenda Two articles recently appeared discussing Chairman Nunes' views on intelligence issues and his goals for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.  You can read them here and here. ### Read more »

Chairman Nunes Welcomes Rep. Schiff   as New HPSCI Ranking Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes released the following statement on the appointment of Congressman Adam Schiff as Ranking Member of the committee: “I’d like to welcome Representative Schiff as the new Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee. His appointment… Read more »

Fact sheet on H.R. 4681, The Fiscal Year 2015 Intelligence Authorization Act Myth/Fact Myth:    Section 309 of H.R. 4681 permits the government to acquire, retain, and disseminate nonpublic electronic communications to or from U.S. persons. Fact:      Section 309 provides no authority to collect any communications whatsoever.  Instead, Section 309… Read more »

Chairman Rogers & Ranking Member Ruppersberger Applaud Passage of FY15 Intelligence Authorization Bill The FY15 Intelligence Authorization bill, H.R. 4681, passed the House of Representatives today by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 325-100, and now heads to the President’s desk for signature. This is the fifth consecutive Intelligence Authorization bill passed into law… Read more »

Chairman Rogers’ Statement on the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s Study of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program “I regret that the Senate Intelligence Committee has publicly released this report.  Though it is wholly appropriate for the congressional intelligence committees to conduct rigorous review of classified programs, I… Read more »

Fact Sheet House Intelligence Committee’s Benghazi Report Certain press articles about the House Intelligence Committee’s Report on Benghazi do not accurately represent the Committee’s Report or take into account the full scope of the evidence the Committee received.  Statements by individual eyewitnesses, in particular former security contractors who were in… Read more »