Press Releases

Statement by HPSCI Chairman Mike Rogers on President Obama’s Phone Call with Iranian President Rouhani “As we learned repeatedly when negotiating with North Korea, rogue regimes cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith.  I am skeptical that any agreement with the mullahs of Iran to negotiate an end to sanctions would achieve anything other than buy them more time to… Read more »

Statement by HPSCI Spokesperson Susan Phalen “The House Intelligence Committee makes it a top priority to inform Members about the intelligence issues on which Members must vote. This process is always conducted consistent with the Committee’s legal obligation to carefully protect the sensitive intelligence sources and methods that our intelligence agencies use to keep the… Read more »

HPSCI Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Announces Benghazi Oversight Agenda Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Lynn Westmoreland announced that the subcommittee will continue the full committee’s Benghazi review through a series of formal events. Westmoreland and the Subcommittee will conduct… Read more »

Statement by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers on the President’s Syria Speech "Like all Americans, I am hopeful a diplomatic solution can be reached, however, I am skeptical of any proposal proffered by the Russians and doubt Assad’s motives for agreeing to this plan.  A credible threat of military force will have to remain on the table if… Read more »

HPSCI Chairman Mike Rogers Urges All to Weigh the Intelligence and Fully Consider the Impact on US Interests “In response to the Assad regime’s brutal chemical weapons attack last week, President Obama will seek congressional authorization for the use of military force in Syria.  Members of Congress and the American people have many questions about the dire… Read more »

Statement by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers "The President today made clear what we have been saying for several weeks, that we will continue to work through the August recess on proposals to improve transparency and strengthen privacy protections to further build the confidence of the American public in our nation’s counterterrorism… Read more »

Statement by Chairmen and Ranking Members of House and Senate Intelligence CommitteesIntel Committee Chairs and Ranking Members Call Meeting with President Obama on FISA “productive” “Our meeting with President Obama today on FISA was productive. There was agreement in the room the NSA call record program (Section 215) is not a domestic surveillance program. We will… Read more »

HPSCI Chairman Mike Rogers Announces Staff Changes   House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers today announced changes to the Committee’s leadership staff.  Darren Dick has been appointed Staff Director. Darren has served as HPSCI’s Deputy Staff Director since January 2011. Additionally, Chairman Rogers promoted Katie Wheelbarger to serve as the Deputy… Read more »

Statement by Chairmen and Ranking Members of House and Senate Intelligence Committees Intel Committee Chairs and Ranking Members Slated to Meet with President Obama Today on FISA "We have conducted thorough oversight of FISA, and the business records provision in particular. We believe this provision has contributed substantially to our counterterrorism successes since its… Read more »

Joint Statement by HPSCI Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger “Inaccurate Information on “XKEYSCORE” is irresponsibly misleading”    Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement regarding the recent disclosure of the NSA program:… Read more »