Our National Security is in a State of DeclineFour years ago, we were confidently told "Al-Qaeda is on the run." Seal Team Six successfully eliminated Osama Bin Laden, and President Obama was trumpeting the end of the War in Iraq and the drawdown in Afghanistan. What a difference four years makes. Our troop presence is growing in Iraq to beat b...
Congressmen Press Department of Energy on ACP FundingAfter passing legislation to fully fund the American Centrifuge Project in December, Congressmen representing Southern Ohio are now pressing the Department of Energy to spend the appropriated funds to keep the project on track. Congressman Brad Wenstrup, joined by Bill Johnson and Senator Rob Portma...
Wenstrup returns from Congressional Delegation trip to Thailand and Burmathe New Year Day week, Congressman Brad Wenstrup traveled with colleagues on the House and Senate Intelligence committees, including Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Ben Sasse (R-NE), to Thailand and Burma as part of continuing discussions on security cooperation and regional stability. “Sitting down...
House sets up task force to investigate CENTCOM intelligenceHouse Republicans announced Friday they were creating a special task force to investigate allegations that U.S. Central Command's top intelligence officials pressured analysts to discard parts of their reports that reflected poorly on the war effort in Iraq and Syria. The chairmen of the Armed Servi...
Omnibus to include ACP and D&D fundingOne hundred million dollars has been appropriated for the American Centrifuge Project (ACP) in an Omnibus Budget Bill currently being crafted in Washington D.C., according to Bryan Davis, Scioto County Commissioner. A Continuing Resolution (CR) was passed by federal lawmakers, funding government ope...
Wenstrup: Security requires pause on refugeesU.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Columbia Tusculum represents Ohio’s 2nd District and serves on the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees. In 2011, two men in Bowling Green, Kentucky, were filmed packaging weapons – phony stinger missiles and explosives provided by an undercover agent – to send...
Rep. Wenstrup supports American Security Against Foreign Enemies ActThe U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation to impede the admission of Iraqi and Syrian refugees to the United States The House overwhelmingly supported the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 (SAFE Act). The bill is an attempt to address national security issues fol...
Security requires pause on refugeesIn 2011, two men in Bowling Green, Kentucky, were filmed packaging weapons – phony stinger missiles and explosives provided by an undercover agent – to send to Al-Qaeda in Iraq. As the FBI investigated, they discovered that one of the men had planted IEDs in Iraq, killing American troops, and both h...
Stivers, Wenstrup join call to halt Syrian refugeesWASHINGTON - Both of the Scioto Valley’s U.S. representatives have joined the growing calls for the suspension of admitting Syrian refugees in the wake of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Upper Arlington, and Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Cincinnati, say admitting the refugees b...
Wenstrup issues statement on Syrian refugeesCongressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Cincinnati) released the following statement on the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States: “At this point in time, the United States should move to indefinitely suspend the admittance of Syrian refugees. It is impossible to properly vet these individuals w... Browse NewsSearch by Phrase |
