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Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers

Chair, House Armed Services Committee

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House’s $900 billion defense bill ties troop raise, Ukraine aid and a boat-strike backlash

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Closed House Armed Services inquiry into boat strikes after viewing classified footage, declaring operation legal.

President Trump signed a nearly $901 billion defense bill into law on December 18, 2025, cementing the 65th consecutive year Congress has passed a National Defense Authorization Act. The measure delivers troops a 3.8% pay raise, locks in $800 million in weapons support for Ukraine over two years, sets troop floors in Europe and South Korea that defy Trump's withdrawal instincts, and rewires how the Pentagon buys weapons through sweeping acquisition reforms branded as the SPEED Act. It also repeals the 2002 Iraq War authorization while embedding Trump-era cuts to climate and diversity programs across the military.

Updated Jan 9