NGA ISSUE LIBRARY
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Governors Urge President to Extend Title 32 Today
Governors from across the country have called on the President numerous times to extend the use of Title 32 for ...
Letter Regarding National Defense Authorization Act Priorities
June 4, 2020 The Honorable James InhofeChairmanSenate Armed Services Committee218 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Jack ReedRanking ...
Letter Regarding Fiscal Year 2021 Defense Appropriations
June 4, 2020 The Honorable Pete ViscloskyChairman, Subcommittee on DefenseHouse Committee on AppropriationsH-405, The CapitolWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Ken ...
Letter Requesting Extension of Title 32 Authority During Pandemic
May 28, 2020 The Honorable Donald J. TrumpPresident of the United States1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500Dear President Trump: On ...
Governors Oppose Billion-Dollar Cuts to Critical National Guard Funding
The National Governors Association (NGA) stands with the National Guard Association of the United States and elected officials across the ...
NGA Commends Congress for Taking a Step Closer to Funding the US National Guard and Department of Defense of fiscal year 2019 defense spending legislation
WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today released a statement regarding Senate passage for the fiscal year 2019 defense spending legislation ...
Governors Commend Final Passage of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act
As commanders-in-chief of their respective National Guards, governors truly understand the critical importance of the annual passage of the NDAA, which helps ...
Council Letter On Use of National Guard in Disaster Response
Council Co-Chair Letter (from Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy) to Deputy Secretary Shanahan and General Lengyel ...
FY19 Appropriations Request–National Guard Funding
Letter (from Minnesota Governor Dayton and Missouri Governor Greitens) to House and Senate Defense Appropriators requesting robust funding in Fiscal ...
Council of Governors Letter Regarding Annual Report on the Non-Federalize National Guard
General Joseph Lengyel Chief, National Guard Bureau 1636 Defense Pentagon Ste 1E169 Washington, DC 20301-0001 Dear General Lengyel: As you ...
Governors Respond to FY 18 NDAA Conference Report
WASHINGTON—Today the co-chairs of the Council of Governors, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, released a statement on the Fiscal ...
Council of Governors Ask Appropriators to Consider National Guard Efforts in Supplemental Appropriation Bills
The Honorable Patrick Leahy Vice Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations S-128, The Capitol Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Nita Lowey ...
