Rep. Michael Rogers

Republican  •  8th District, Michigan  •  6th Term  •  Sworn In 2001
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06/02/12
Rogers showed little respect for citizens in meeting

Those of us who attended Congressman Mike Rogers' recent Town Hall/Congress on the Corner meeting (May 25) got a better assessment of his true beliefs, which are much different than what he expresses in his letters, emails and columns.

Source: Opelika Auburn News
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06/02/12
How to Meet the Cyber-Threat against America in the 21 st Century

American Thinker interviewed former Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff, former CIA Director Michael Hayden, former FBI Executive Assistant Director Shawn Henry, and Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Intelligence ...

Source: American Thinker
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06/02/12
Book details GOP efforts to win Ala. Statehouse

...Republicans won supermajorities in both chambers. Published by NewSouth Books in Montgomery with a forward by U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers of Saks, the book details past efforts by Republicans to win the Statehouse and how the GOP managed to recruit the right

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06/01/12
Congressman Seeks Alternate to Weak Surface Transportation Security Inspections

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) doubts the effectiveness of surface transportation security inspectors at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). So he plans to introduce legislation to get rid of the position and instead convert the funding to transit

Source: HSToday
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06/01/12
US Retains Plans for Military Option in Syria

What kind of action world powers would justify at that undefined point is unclear. Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the U.S. can aid the rebels to bring about regime change. ”There are certain things ...

Source: Antiwar.com
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06/01/12
GOP Intel Committee Chair Against Arming Rebels: ‘We Just Don’t Have A Good Handle On Who They Are’

...Speaking on MSNBC last night, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, explained to host Andrea Mitchell why he, unlike his party mates Sen. John McCain and Mitt Romney, opposes arming the Syrian rebels

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05/31/12
House votes to outspend White House on spy bill

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said. The House request is classified. But the amount is 4 percent less than last year's budget, added Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md. The Associated Press has reported last year's ...

Source: FOX News
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05/31/12
U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter Introduces Bill To Prevent The Import Of Harmful Non-Native Animals And Diseases

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday evening, the Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2012 (H.R. 5864) was introduced by Rep. Louise Slaughter ... Charles Rangel (D-NY), and Mike Rogers (R-MI).

Source: YAHOO!
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05/31/12
Rogers asks delay on land lease auction

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, has asked the federal Bureau of Land Management to halt plans to lease 43,000 acres of national forest land in Alabama for potential oil and natural gas drilling. Rogers said Thursday following a Calhoun County Commission ...

Source: Cleburne News
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05/31/12
House votes small boost in intelligence spending

...Ruppersberger. It also "restores funding" for threatened programs like the FBI's National Gang Intelligence Center, added Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. Rogers warned against the perils of automatic spending cuts, saying the legal procedure which would tr

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05/31/12
Programming notes

...Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Romney campaign press secretary Andrea Saul, Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter, and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) *** Thursday’s “News Nation with Tamron Hall” line-up : MSNBC’s Tamron Hall interviews Ambassador M

Source: MSNBC
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05/31/12
House votes small boost in intelligence spending

...It also "restores funding" for threatened programs like the FBI's National Gang Intelligence Center, added Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. Rogers warned against the perils of automatic spending cuts, saying the legal procedure which would trigger the cuts

Source: Boston.com
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05/30/12
GOP critical of White House's Syria policy

Romney argues the U.S. and its partners should be give weapons to the opposition. But many Republicans, including Congressman Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, have their doubts. "I'm not one that believes that we should ...

Source: CBS News
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05/30/12
Rep. Rogers on Syria: 'We need to put pressure on Russia;' don't send armaments

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), Intelligence Committee Chairman, talks Syria strategy, including being more aggressive with Arab League partners, putting pressure on Russia and not arming the opposition at this point. I would be more aggressive with ...

Source: CNN
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05/30/12
U.S. lawmaker warns on arming Syria rebels, chemical weapons

So you don't know who you're giving weapons to," U.S. Representative Mike Rogers told CNN. Rogers split with his party's presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, who is calling for arming Syrian opposition groups and has ...

Source: Reuters
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05/30/12
U.S. lawmaker warns on arming Syria rebels, chemical weapons

So you don't know who you're giving weapons to," U.S. Representative Mike Rogers told CNN. Rogers split with his party's presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, who is calling for arming Syrian opposition groups and has criticized the ...

Source: msnbc.com
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05/30/12
‘Let My People Go!’: Illinois State Rep. Goes Absolutely Ballistic During Screaming Speech Over Pension Vote

...help us. What do we have here? A Republican trying to do his job? Hey!! Allen West, Bachmann, Eric Cantor, Bonener, Marco Rubio, Mike Rogers…… take note, stop giving our liberties and power to one man. Keep fighting brother! keep yelling..maybe some

Source: The Blaze
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05/29/12
Romney Calls for Action on Syria, but His Party Is Divided

But the chairman of the House intelligence committee, Representative Mike Rogers, Republican of Michigan, said he opposed it because “there are some bad actors there as well.” The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, said arming the ...

Source: New York Times
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05/29/12
Brighton breaks ground on veterans' memorial

Organizers of a ceremony in Brighton didn't wait around Monday for U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton. The groundbreaking for the city's new veterans' memorial was held immediately after the Brighton Memorial Day Parade, which started at Brighton ...

Source: Livingston Daily.com
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05/29/12
Brighton breaks ground on veterans' memorial (with photo gallery)

...have proven that making a big impact need not... Organizers of a ceremony in Brighton didn't wait around Monday for U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton. The groundbreaking for the city's new veterans' memorial was held immediately after the Brighton Memor

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05/27/12
Mike Rogers is puppet to Boehner, Cantor

“Some Democrats accuse GOP of trying to sabotage economy” and a piece by the congressman for this district, Mike Rogers. His column validates the article. The congressman seems to have backed off from his saying that we should invade ...

Source: Opelika Auburn News
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05/27/12
Panetta says Taliban is weakened, but US still has ‘fight on our hands'

...on Intelligence, said on May 5 on CNN’s “State of the Union.” House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), agreed that emboldened Taliban forces were simply lying in wait until the bulk of American forces a

Source: The Hill
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05/27/12
Video: May 27: Gibbs, Gillespie, Lugar, authors

...Evan Wolfson and Mark McKinnon on same-sex marriage and Campaign 2012. Then, the latest on the terrorist bomb plot with Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. Plus, a mother's day panel with Anita Dunn, Bay Buchanan, Melinda Henneberger and Norah O'Donnell. Former c

Source: CBS News
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05/26/12
Opponents of CISPA cybersecurity bill mount campaign ahead of Senate vote

...current target is the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a bill introduced by Michigan Republican Rep. Mike Rogers that passed the House by a comfortable 248-168 vote margin in April. CISPA will be considered by the Senate sometime n

Source: Kaus Files
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05/25/12
Top US General: ‘Good enough’ is not good enough Afghanistan

Recently U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, both from their respective intelligence committees, came back from a visit to Afghanistan saying the Taliban was stronger since the surge of troops to Afghanistan. When Amanpour ...

Source: CNN
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05/25/12
Rogers asks BLM to delay lease auction of forest land

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, Thursday asked the federal Bureau of Land Management to halt plans to lease 43,000 acres of national forest land in Alabama for potential oil and natural gas drilling. Rogers said Thursday following a Calhoun County ...

Source: Anniston Star
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05/24/12
Suburban congressional races take shape

In the 8th District, which takes in northern Oakland County and extends to Lansing, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Brighton), first elected in 2000, is being challenged in the Republican primary by Brian Hetrick, a Brighton engineer and somewhat of a ...

Source: Examiner
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05/24/12
Rogers discusses cyber policy, national defense

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R – Saks) updated citizens of the political activity in Washington Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., fielding questions from the crowd shortly after. The Congress on Your Corner event was held in the city hall lobby in Alexander ...

Source: Alexander City Outlook
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05/23/12
Congressman Fred Upton's taxpayer-funded mailer highlighting NRA voting record draws criticism as waste

Rich Robinson, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that looks at the influence of money in politics, has seen similar mailings from his Congressman, Mike Rogers, R-Brighton. "They strike me

Source: MLive.com
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05/23/12
Thunder makes itself heard for changes in law

...has arguably helped to preserve dignity at military funerals throughout the United States since Congress passed it,” said Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican and the measure’s prime sponsor. “Rolling Thunder gives military families the respect t

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