National Security

Keeping America safe is Congress’ most important duty. Democrats are focused on strengthening U.S. national security, defending democracy, and restoring America’s leadership in the world.

Democrats are committed to enhancing our national security and advancing key American interests, while supporting human rights and democratic values at home and abroad.

In the 117th Congress, Democrats passed a bipartisan defense authorization bill that strengthened our national security, ensured our military personnel have the resources they need to defend our country, and bolstered our allies and international interests. In the 118th Congress, Democrats will build on these gains by continuing to help President Biden keep Americans safe.

We will continue to work with the Administration to provide our diplomats and our troops with the tools needed to carry out their missions abroad safely and effectively. This will include continuing to work with our allies to ensure Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine ends in defeat for Putin, that America maintains its competitiveness against China’s authoritarian challenges, and that the world is free from threats posed by Iran.

National Security Related
Week of September 18, 2006
Voter Identification and Border Security
Hoyer: 9/11 Resolution Should Promote Unity, Not Score Political Points
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following remarks today about the divisive, partisan 9/11 Resolution put forth by Congressional Republicans:
Hoyer: Republican Fence Bill is Another Cynical Charade
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the House floor:
Hoyer Statement on President’s 9/11 Speech and Majority Leader Boehner’s Comments Today
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), released the following statement today:
Hoyer: Republican National Security Policies Have Fallen Short
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following remarks today at a press conference with Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims to unveil a new report detailing Republican failures on homeland security:
Hoyer Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of 9/11
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today, the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:
Week of September 11, 2006
9/11 Resolution, Prison Bill, Earmark Reform
Hoyer: Republican National Security Policies Have Failed to Make America as Safe as It Should Be
Democrats Have a Plan for Real Security
Hoyer: Republicans Fail to Make America As Safe As It Should Be
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to President Bush's fourth national security speech in recent days:
Hoyer: Republican National Security Policies Have Failed to Make America as Safe as It Should Be
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following remarks today at a press conference with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Carl Levin, and Senator Thomas Carper, as well as former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark and Sharon Burke, Director of the Third Way National Security Project, to release a new report detailing the Republicans' failure to make America as safe as it should be: