SASC Republicans

The Big Beautiful Bill is a generational investment in American manufacturing and our military. It includes critical funds for renewed shipbuilding and a historic, landmark investment in unmanned ships and drones.

President @ChingteLai is exactly right. That’s why Congress passed the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (TERA) in the FY23 NDAA. This helped Taiwan strengthen its civil defenses and improve societal resilience. Today, we've seen substantial progress on this front. We look forward to supporting Taiwan’s ability to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to disrupt peace in the Indo-Pacific and harm American interests, this legislative cycle. Ally readiness is central to President Trump's peace through strength strategy.

To every American service member— and to the military families who support them:

Chairman Wicker's message to American service members: "To you, I want to say, wholeheartedly, thank you. I hope you know how grateful we are for your sacrifice."

.@SenatorWicker: "Competition is driving innovation, protected technologies are advancing, and the industrial base is beginning to scale."

Last year, Congress ordered a national security review of key Chinese drone makers. The law, which was led by @SenRickScott and supported by SASC, puts us on the path to banning the sale of these adversary-made components in the United States.

.@SenatorWicker: Ending China’s drone dominance with a made-in-America revival foxnews.com/opinion/sen-wi…

REMINDER: Drone dominance is a TOP PRIORITY at the @DeptofWar

.@SenTedBuddNC rightly addresses Chinese dominance in drone production and using creative financial tools at the @DeptofWar to rebuild America's drone industrial base. Watch below ⬇️

Confirmation hearing: Mark Ditlevson and Brian Birdwell, both assistant Defense secretary nominees, testify before at Senate Armed Services Committee (@SASCGOP @SASCDems) -LIVE at 9:30am ET on C-SPAN3 c-span.org/event/senate-c… #SASC

Wicker appoints retired Army General to National Defense Strategy commission thehill.com/homenews/senat…

BREAKING: @SenatorWicker appoints retired four-star U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane to serve on the Commission on the National Defense Strategy (NDS). thehill.com/homenews/senat…

The scale of China’s critical minerals domination is wholly unprecedented. The good news is that the Trump Administration and Congress are working together to revitalize U.S. critical mineral supply chains. @SenatorWicker: "@DeptofWar has been and will be at the center of these efforts, given the centrality of critical minerals to our weapons and platforms manufacturing."

President Trump was clear in tonight’s State of the Union Address: peace through strength is being restored under his leadership. I am proud to support his much needed $1.5 trillion defense budget to rebuild our military, deter our adversaries, and win the battles of tomorrow.

Proud to chair yesterday's @SASCGOP Personnel Subcommittee hearing with our military's Senior Enlisted Leaders to discuss how we can improve the quality of life for our servicemembers and their families.

Impressive progress by the @usairforce: ERAM standoff cruise missile achieved live-fire success in under 16 months from contract award—clear proof we can field cost-effective munitions at wartime speed. @SecWar has emphasized competition and speed. It’s past time to make a big bet on low-cost systems to generate mass, rebuild our industrial edge, and win the future fight. We should be standing up production lines for new types of weapons every week, not just to arm American forces, but to arm our frontline partners like Ukraine.

Rebuild the American arsenal. Modernize our Military. Reindustrialize America.🇺🇸

Putin never honored New START—it gave the illusion of safety without real deterrence. Pretending he won’t cheat on a new agreement the same way he has for every other deal doesn’t make us safer. Congress has a plan that accounts for Putin’s lies, the dynamics of a multi-polar world, and the state of our industrial base. ida.org/research-and-p…

The U.S. must have a cutting-edge small drone industry. We are glad to see the @DeptofWar and the @FCC taking swift action to implement sound policies that advance the interests of the American drone industry.

🚨 NEW JOINT STATEMENT from @HASCRepublicans Chairman @RepMikeRogersAL & @SASCGOP Chairman @SenatorWicker 🚨

BREAKING NOW: All 14 GOP Senators of the Armed Services Committee unanimously back President Trump's ban on foreign-produced drones. washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense…