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Frelinghuysen to Chair House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee

Mai Hanoon

Thursday, November 14th, 2013

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House Appropriations Committee chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said yesterday that Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) would serve as the chairman of the defense subcommittee, after former chairman Bill Young (R-Fla.) died earlier this year. Frelinghuysen was the number-two Republican on the defense subcommittee and also served as the chairman of the energy and water development subcommittee. Photo courtesy Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) “I am grateful to Chairman Rogers and the House leadership for giving me this responsibility,” Frelinghuysen said in a…

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