A group of 60 people got a chance to be members of Congress for the day and create their own version of the federal budget in a forum at West Texas A & M University led by the Concord Coalition, a national grassroots organization, and Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon). “The debt and deficit are top concerns for people in our area and across the country, but the issues are often complicated ... Read more »

A group of 60 people got a chance to be members of Congress for the day and create their own version of the federal budget in a forum at Midwestern State University led by the Concord Coalition, a national grassroots organization, and Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon). “The debt and deficit are top concerns for people in our area and across the country, but the issues are often complicated ... Read more »

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry, the leader of the House Cybersecurity Task Force, made the following comments about the Senate introduction of the "Cybersecurity Act of 2012" (S. 2105) authored by Senators Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca.: “It is clear that there is widespread agreement on the scope and seriousness of the cyber... Read more »

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) issued the following statement after the President's 2013 budget announcement: "It is disappointing that the President’s latest budget offers more of the same—more stimulus-type spending, higher taxes, and even more debt. It does nothing to address the unsustainable and unaffordable automatic spending on entitlements that continues to consume a larger ... Read more »

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) issued the following statement after Department of Defense budget announcement: "The latest outline of the President’s budget request includes some promising changes, but also presents some serious dangers and illusory savings. For example, I agree that cybersecurity, Special Operations, and science and technology programs are essential to our national sec... Read more »

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) issued the following statement after President Obama’s State of the Union speech: “I was disappointed to hear very little in the President’s remarks that displayed strong leadership and serious solutions that would help us get the economy moving. He proposed lots of new programs and lots of new tax breaks that would mostly benefit those willing to subm... Read more »

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) issued the following statement in response to President Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project: "The Obama Administration should be embarrassed by this decision. Once again, they are denying the country a reliable source of energy and thousands of new American jobs." Click here for an ".mp3" version of Thornberry's statement. (Audi... Read more »

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry, Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Obama's Defense Strategy Rollout released during a press conference at the Pentagon earlier today: "The “Strategic Guidance” issued by the Obama Administration today is primarily a series of vague statements and aspirational goals. Calling a piece of paper a “s... Read more »

For the second year in a row, the U.S. House approved a funding bill that cuts billions in discretionary spending. U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) voted in support of the bipartisan bill, which funds the government through September 2012. The final vote was 296 to 121. “This year has been a challenging one. Yet overall, the House has been pretty successful at reversing the growth of ... Read more »

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon), the Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, voted in support of the final annual defense policy bill that authorizes spending for military personnel, weapons systems, national security programs, and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed with bipartisan support, also includes funding for... Read more »