Press Releases

House Intelligence Committee Passes FY14 and FY 15 Intelligence Authorization Bills  Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed legislation authorizing U.S. intelligence activities for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015. The bill included and built upon provisions from the FY14 bill, which the Committee previously approved by voice vote in November… Read more »

Chairman Mike Rogers Floor Statement on the USA Freedom Act  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers today delivered the following statement on the Floor of the House of Representatives as the House considered the USA Freedom Act. “I would like to begin by recognizing Chairman Goodlatte, Mr. Sensenbrenner, the other Judiciary Committee sponsors, and Leader Cantor for… Read more »

Chairman Rogers Launches 2014 Securing Our Future Summer Speaking Series Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Chairman Mike Rogers announced a summer speaking series addressing current and future threats facing the United States and the policies needed to confront those threats.  Chairman Rogers also will challenge the growing strand of isolationism in… Read more »

House Intelligence Committee Advances Bill to End Bulk Collection of Metadata Committee Approves Bill Unanimously by Voice Vote This morning the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence advanced H.R. 3361, the USA Freedom Act. Similar to the FISA Transparency and Modernization Act introduced by Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger in March, the amended USA… Read more »

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to Markup Bill to End Bulk Metadata Collection   On Thursday morning, the House Intelligence Committee will mark up bipartisan legislation that ends bulk collection of telephone metadata by the government.  The bipartisan FISA Transparency and Modernization Act of 2014, H.R. 4291, introduced by Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking… Read more »

Rogers, Ruppersberger Applaud Senate Intelligence Committee Progress on Cybersecurity Information Sharing Bill House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement on the forward movement in the U.S. Senate on cybersecurity information sharing legislation: “We applaud the work the Senate Intelligence… Read more »

April 11, 2014  HPSCI Chairman Mike Rogers Urges President Obama to   Reject President Putin’s Attempt to Get a Clearer Look into US and NATO Countries House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Chairman Mike Rogers today urged President Obama to reject a request by President Putin to upgrade Russia’s technical capability for observational flights… Read more »

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Media Advisory HPSCI Recalls Michael Morell to Testify in Open Hearing  HPSCI Chairman Mike Rogers today announced the House Intelligence Committee will call former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell to testify again before the Committee about the terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, this time in open session. Morell has twice testified before the Committee on this… Read more »

House Intelligence Leadership Introduces   Legislation to End NSA Bulk Telephone Metadata Program   While Preserving Counterterrorism Capability  Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Ranking Member C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today introduced the FISA Transparency and Modernization Act of 2014. The bipartisan legislation ends bulk collection of metadata under the Foreign… Read more »