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Rep. Cuellar Named Ranking Member On House Appropriations Homeland Security Panel

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 1st, 2023

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Rep. Cuellar Named Ranking Member On House Appropriations Homeland Security Panel

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). House photo.

House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled their committee and subcommittee rosters for the Appropriations Committee, naming Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas) their top lawmaker on the panel overseeing funding of the Department of Homeland Security. Cuellar, who is considered a moderate, is joined by fellow Democrats Lauren Underwood (Ill.), Ed Case (Hawaii) and David Trone (Md.). Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the full committee, is an ex officio member of the subcommittee. Cuellar has been an opponent of erecting…

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