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Ohio’s Rep. Joyce To Lead House Appropriations Homeland Security Panel

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 17th, 2023

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Ohio’s Rep. Joyce To Lead House Appropriations Homeland Security Panel

Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee. Photo: House of Representatives

House Republicans on Monday named Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) to chair the Appropriations Committee Homeland Security Subcommittee, an appointment that keeps border security as a priority but also puts in charge a chairman that recognizes other challenges faced by the Department of Homeland Security and the need to tackle the politically thorny issue of immigration reform. Joyce, who was elected to the House in 2012, is a new member of the subcommittee. In the previous Congress, he was the ranking…

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