{"id":47483,"date":"2023-01-25T21:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/25\/armed-services-committee-adds-11-members-quality-of-life-panel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:19:16","slug":"armed-services-committee-adds-11-members-quality-of-life-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2023\/01\/25\/armed-services-committee-adds-11-members-quality-of-life-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Services committee adds 11 members, quality of life panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled their membership and leadership plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/01\/10\/republicans-name-chairmen-for-armed-services-vet-affairs-committees\/\" target=\"_blank\">House Armed Services Committee<\/a> this session, including a new special panel focused on servicemember quality of life issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eleven new Republican lawmakers were named to the influential panel, joining 20 returning GOP members from last session. In a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/01\/12\/republicans-eye-pentagon-savings-after-mccarthy-spending-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chairman Mike Rogers<\/a>, R-Ala., said the committee will focus on \u201cimproving our national defense at a time when our nation is faced with unprecedented threats from our adversaries \u2014 including an increasingly aggressive China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers has also said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/01\/20\/fixing-disability-and-retirement-pay-is-congress-next-big-vets-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\">military personnel issues<\/a> will be a major focus for the committee, and announced the formation of a \u201cservicemember quality of life\u201d panel to be led by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee officials did not release details of the panel\u2019s planned scope of work, but Rogers said it would be in keeping with \u201csupporting our servicemembers and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/01\/10\/republicans-name-chairmen-for-armed-services-vet-affairs-committees\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1337488158.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Republicans name chairmen for Armed Services, Vet Affairs committees<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Rep. Mike Rogers will lead the military panel, while Rep. Mike Bost will lead the veterans committee.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers on Wednesday also announced his slate of subcommittee chairmen for the 118th Congress, who will work with him to set hearing and policy priorities for the next two years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tactical Air and Land Forces \u2014 Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.;<\/li><li>Strategic Forces \u2014 Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo.;<\/li><li>Seapower and Projection Forces \u2014 Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss.;<\/li><li>Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems \u2014 Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc.;<\/li><li>Military Personnel \u2014 Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind.;<\/li><li>Intelligence and Special Operations \u2014 Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich.;<\/li><li>Readiness \u2014 Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bergman is the only subcommittee chairman who did not serve as the ranking member on an Armed Services panel last year. But nearly all of the subcommittees will see differences in Republican assignments from last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly served as the ranking member on the Intelligence and Special Operations subcommittee last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wittman was the ranking member on the seapower panel last year, but now will oversee Tactical Air and Land Forces issues. His district is home to numerous military bases as well as the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gallagher and Banks have swapped Republican leadership on their respective subcommittees. Gallagher \u2014 who will also chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/01\/10\/gop-pick-to-lead-house-china-committee-vows-to-win-new-cold-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">the House select committee on China<\/a> \u2014 served as ranking member on the military personnel subcommittee last year, while Banks was the top Republican on the cyber and information systems panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2023\/01\/10\/gop-pick-to-lead-house-china-committee-vows-to-win-new-cold-war\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1454224487.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">GOP pick to lead House China committee vows to win \u2018new Cold War\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Rep. Mike Gallagher has vowed to lead a bipartisan committee that will tackle Chinese military modernization, threats to Taiwan and defense supply chains.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reps. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., and Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., will chair the same subcommittees they led Republicans on last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lamborn said in a phone interview his No. 1priority on the Strategic Forces subcommittee will be hypersonic missile development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina is way ahead of us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe used to be the lead in this field decades ago, but we let it go by the wayside and now China has taken the lead \u2014 and to some extent Russia \u2014 and we need qualitative parity with China. And we don\u2019t have at this point in time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said his subcommittee in a series of hearings this year would address China\u2019s \u201cnuclear breakout.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bergman, a Marine Corps veteran, and Bacon, an Air Force veteran, are among 14 Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee with previous military experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 11 new Republican committee members are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla.;<\/li><li>Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.;<\/li><li>Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn;<\/li><li>Rep. Dale Strong, R-Ala.;<\/li><li>Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas;<\/li><li>Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va.;<\/li><li>Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y.;<\/li><li>Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo.;<\/li><li>Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.;<\/li><li>Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga.;<\/li><li>Rep. James Moylan, R-Guam<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/01\/12\/republicans-eye-pentagon-savings-after-mccarthy-spending-agreement\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21243671551685.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Republicans eye Pentagon savings after McCarthy spending agreement<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Republican defense hawks insist that Speaker McCarthy&#039;s spending agreement won&#039;t cut military spending, but they&#039;re also brainstorming Pentagon savings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House\u2019s No. 3 Republican, Elise Stefanik of New York, is returning to the committee this session. 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