U.S. Rep. Dale Strong has officially announced the launch of the Golden Dome caucus. The bipartisan group, according to the congressman, will work to advance America’s national defense and strengthen its space-based capabilities.
Members of the caucus will be responsible for supporting necessary policies and also advocating for funding to ensure that next-generation defense assets are available if needed.
“The current threat landscape demands immediate and decisive action,” Strong (R-Huntsville) said.
“President Trump has artfully highlighted the nation’s critical need for a next-generation missile defense, and we can’t risk this vision not becoming a reality. The formation of the House Golden Dome Caucus signals a new era of congressional commitment to this national security initiative.”
“North Alabama has played a key role in every former and current U.S. missile defense program and will undoubtedly be pivotal to the success of Golden Dome.”
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank of Colorado joined Strong in launching the new caucus.
“Golden Dome will only be successful if we meet President Trump’s timeline,” said Crank. “This means that it is imperative that we, Members and stakeholders, are well informed and working together to revolutionize the missile defense of our great nation.”
Strong has previously expressed full confidence in his district’s ability to lead on such projects.
“A lot of that technology for Iron Dome, Huntsville, and Redstone Arsenal, North Alabama, played a big part in it,” said Strong. “The big thing we’re going to do is just be sure to say, ‘Look, this is what our scientists are able to do. This is what our electrical mechanical engineers are able to do.’ I think that we will be a part of the process. How deep we will be into that is still to be determined.”
President Donald Trump issued an executive order in late January to create the large-scale, multilayered missile defense system.
“Ronald Reagan endeavored to build an effective defense against nuclear attacks, and while this program resulted in many technological advances, it was canceled before its goal could be realized,” read the decree. “And since the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 and initiated development of limited homeland missile defense, official United States homeland missile defense policy has remained only to stay ahead of rogue-nation threats and accidental or unauthorized missile launches.”
The House Caucus will work closely with the Senate Golden Dome Caucus, chaired by Senator Tim Sheehy (R-MT).
Austen Shipley is the News Director for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
