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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Members Announced; Inouye Chairs Full Committee, Defense Subcommittee

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Monday, March 9th, 2009

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Mikulski Continues To Chair NASA Oversight Subcommittee Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) will continue to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee commerce, justice, science and related agencies subcommittee for the next two years, full committee chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) announced. Other Democrats serving on the panel include Inouye and Sens. Patrick Leahy, Herb Kohl, Byron Dorgan, Dianne Feinstein, Jack Reed, Frank Lautenberg, Ben Nelson and Mark Pryor. Republican senators on the NASA-oversight panel include Richard Shelby of Ala., the ranking…

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