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Rep. Granger To Seek House Appropriations Chair

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, January 31st, 2018

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Rep. Granger To Seek House Appropriations Chair

Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) (Photo courtesy of Granger's office)

Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, plans to vie for the helm of the full committee if Republicans keep control of the House in this fall’s elections.Since Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) announced Jan. 29 that he will not seek re-election to Congress (Defense Daily, Jan. 30), “people have been encouraging me to seek the Appropriations Committee gavel,” Granger said in a statement. The defense chair is often seen as a natural launching pad to the full committee…

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