Defense

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) authored a recent letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting a briefing regarding the Department of Defense's (DOD) hypersonic ground test facilities and supporting infrastructure.This request underscores the urgent need for the U.S. to strengthen its hypersonic weapon development capabilities amid escalating… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last Week, Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) joined 37 Congressional Republicans in sending a letter to Joe Biden condemning the Biden-Harris Administration’s weak policies that have for embolden Iran and enabled the regime in Tehran to significantly advance its nuclear capacity. “The Biden-Harris Admin's attempts to return to the era of Obama’s failed… Read more »

This past week, the House Armed Services Committee passed the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bill makes massive investments into our nation’s most important asset, our sons and daughters who decide to selflessly serve this country. For fifty years, our nation has had the luxury of an all-volunteer military, and it has never been at more risk than… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) introduced the Recruiters on Campus Act (ROC Act) that requires American high schools that receive federal funding allow military recruiters access to their campuses.  On January 27, 1973, the United States military officially ended the draft, and for fifty years this country has had the distinct luxury of having… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) is proud to introduce H.R. 6573, the Protecting Military Servicemembers' Data Act of 2023. This bill would prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or providing for consideration lists of U.S. military service members to adversarial nations. Rep. Fallon is proud to introduce this… Read more »

Washington, D.C.-- Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) introduced the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Security Assessment Act today which would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct an annual assessment of both physical and cybersecurity threats to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Rep. Fallon was joined by Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) in introducing this… Read more »

Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04) along with nine fellow House Republicans sent follow-up letters today to the Secretaries of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force demanding that they halt their policy of forcing U.S. servicemembers who were discharged for their refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine to repay their signing bonuses. These letters were reported on by… Read more »

Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) and Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01) are proud to introduce today the Sanctions Enforcement and Financial Institutions Transparency Act, also known as "SEFITA." This bill seeks to prevent the Iranian regime from securing funding from international financial institutions, as well as ensure that sanctions are enforced. As previously reported by the Washington Free Beacon,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Pat Fallon (TX-04), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) reintroduced yesterday the Ukraine Human Rights Policy Act of 2023. In the wake of new evidence of continued human rights violations and war crimes committed by Russian and Russia-aligned forces in Ukraine, this… Read more »