Earlier this year, senior Pentagon officials told the House Armed Services Committee that would be unable to recapture Crimea immediately.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1743334/putin-nuclear-strike-ukraine-crimea-spt

Last week, Rep. Adam Smith, one of the top Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee, said there was a “consensus” that “Ukraine is not going to militarily retake Crimea.”

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/d1ae66af185318f3?ref=ff

Rogers, who is poised to become chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, tweeted late Sunday that he and Gaetz “have a long and productive working relationship, that I am sure will continue.”

Source: https://torontosun.com/news/world/mike-rogers-offers-regrets-for-near-altercation-with-matt-gaetz-during-house-gop-chaos

The Reaper has been at the center of budgetary and utility discussions for a few years, and in March 2020 the House Armed Services Committee opted to stop purchasing new Reapers.

Source: https://www.slashgear.com/1281330/why-us-airforce-retiring-mq-9-reaper-drone/

The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, also openness to the idea last month.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/26/cluster-munitions-bombs-dpicm-ukraine-russia-war-biden-military-aid-weapons-counteroffensive/