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Rep. Betty McCollum To Chair House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 25th, 2021

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Rep. Betty McCollum To Chair House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) is the new chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (HAC-D), the full committee’s chairwoman said Monday. McCollum, who served as the HAC-D vice chair in the last Congress, replaces the recently retired Pete Visclosky (Ind.). The full slate of Democrats set to serve on HAC-D in this Congress will also include Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), Peter Aguilar (D-Calif.), Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), Charlie…

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