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House GOP Officially Names Rogers As New HASC Chair, Granger As Top Appropriator

House GOP Officially Names Rogers As New HASC Chair, Granger As Top Appropriator
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

House Republicans on Thursday officially selected Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) as the new chairman of the Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) to lead the Appropriations Committee. Rogers takes helm of HASC in the new Congress following two years as the panel’s ranking member, and is the first lawmaker from Alabama to lead the committee, according to his office. “I am honored to have been selected by my House Republican colleagues to serve as Chairman of the…

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