"Congress articulates our nation’s defense policy, authorizes all operations of the U.S. Department of Defense and sets priorities for defense spending.

The Air-Land Forces Subcommittee I chair has specific oversight responsibility for the U.S. Army and Air Force.  Our job is to find the proper balance between funding the immediate needs of our men and women in uniform and their families and the development of weapons systems and defense programs for the future. Sometime, that requires making tough choices."

Please click on links to access various resources below that address this issue.

News Releases

• Rep. Neil Abercrombie Statement on the U.S. Army's Decision on Stryker Basing (April 15, 2008)
• Army Studies Environmental Impact of Additional Support Units in Hawaii (March 13, 2008)
• Pentagon Military Readiness Priorities are Summed Up in Two Words: Everything. Now. (February 13, 2008)
• Abercrombie Legislation Creates National Research Program on Marine Mammals (January 26, 2008)
• Funding the Military - Not the War December 12, 2007)
• Abercrombie: Reduce rents for USS Missouri (December 6, 2007)
• Abercrombie 'Ordnance Reef' Clean-Up Funds Win Final Approval (November 8, 2007)
• Abercrombie says $10.2 million wash facility in Kahuku for Strykers and other military vehicles (November 6, 2007)
• Statement on Redeployment to Iraq of Hawaii National Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (October 19, 2007)
• House Votes Funds for Hawaii Ocean Chemical Weapons Clean-Up (August 4, 2007)
• House Approves Major Increase In Veterans Healthcare Funding (June 15, 2007)
• House Approves Abercrombie Funding for Research into Sonar Effects on Dolphins and Whales (May 17, 2007)
• Armed Services Committee Approves 2008 Defense Bill with Abercrombie Amendments (May 10, 2007)
• Abercrombie Helps Break Ground For New and Upgraded Military Family Housing (April 4, 2007)
• Armed Services Subcommittees Question Military Equipment Levels for Iraq Troop "Surge" (February 2, 2007)
• Abercrombie: "Army and Marine Corps Have Been Badly-Used and Overdeployed" Incoming Armed Services Subcommittee Chairman Opposes Additional Reserve-National Guard Call-ups (December 20, 2006)
• "The Iraq War has Left Our Nation With a Broken Military Force." Congressman Jack Murtha & Congressman Neil Abercrombie (October 5, 2006)
• Closing (September 29, 2006)
• Defense Bill Requires Identification, Monitoring, Assessment of Unexploded and Chemical Munitions Dumped Near Hawaii (September 29, 2006)
• Defense Bill Includes Kalaeloa Land Transfer for Rail Transit and Development (September 29, 2006)
• Abercrombie: House Passes 2007 Defense Appropriation Bill Includes Critical Defense Research Projects for Hawaii (September 26, 2006)

Speeches and Statements

• REP. NEIL ABERCROMBIE STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO (May 1, 2007)
• Statement of Rep. Neil Abercrombie On the Floor of the House(February 13, 2007)
• Statement of Rep. Neil Abercrombie On 2008 Defense Priorities (February 13, 2007)
• Rep. Neil Abercrombie Statement on 2008 Budget (February 5, 2007)
• Rep. Neil Abercrombie Statement on the Deaths of Five Schofield Barracks Soldiers (December 7, 2006)
• Rep. Neil Abercrombie Statement On Iraq Study Group Report  (December 6, 2006)
  Rep. Neil Abercrombie Statement on the Death of Maj. Trane McCloud (December 5, 2006)
• Neil Abercrombie Statement on 9th Circuit Court Decision on the Hawaii Stryker Brigade Plan (October 30, 2006)
• Congressman Neil Abercrombie Statement for the Record on HR 5122 (September 29, 2006)
• Statement of Congressman Abercrombie on Weapons Systems (September 20, 2006)
• Statement of Congressman Abercrombie on Military Readiness (August 20, 2006)

Guest Editorials

• The Bumpy, Risky Road Attempting to Modernize Outdated Aircraft (November 6, 2007)
• Iraq Redeployment: Complex, Challenging, Realistic (October 4, 2007)
• Sometimes to get to the end, you have to meet in the middle (September 11, 2007)
• Army Modernization – the Big Picture (May 17, 2007)
• A Context for U.S. Military Readiness (March 11, 2007)
• 2007 Emergency Supplemental Funding Request Confuses ‘Need to Have’ with ‘Nice to Have’ (March 6, 2007)
• What It Will Really Take to Rebuild U.S. military (December 17, 2006)
• The Hurricane Katrina Aftermath (September 7, 2006)
• Everybody’s Big Brothers (September 1, 2006)
• Declining Military Readiness: How Not to Support the Troops
• Veterans Day 2006; Keeping the Promises