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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Betsy DeVos cornered by congressman for lacking basic information about the US education system: ‘You don’t know the answer?’</font></div><div>
</div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Written by David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement February 27, 2020</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday and was repeatedly unable to answer basic questions, got snippy with Democratic lawmakers, and falsely claimed research cited by top Democrats was wrong and had been “debunked.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">(The numbers behind that research came from DeVos herself, according to this piece in the Washington Post.)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In an exchange with Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), DeVos got heated, refuted his claims, and yet was unable to give a correct answer.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“Everything you’re citing is debunked, ridiculous, so I don’t accept the premise of your question,” DeVos, putting the word “question” in air quotes, told Pocan.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Congressman Pocan was referring to reports that show more than 40 percent of charter schools funded in full or in part by the federal government “collected the grants and then either did not open, or have opened and shut down,” as the report’s author wrote in The Washington Post.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Pocan responded by correctly saying the reports have “actually not” been debunked.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Minutes later Pocan revisited the 40 percent failure rate of charter schools, to DeVos’ anger.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“That is not true, that has been a totally debunked report,” she declared, waving her finger. “It’s nothing but propaganda by an individual who has an in for charter schools.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“So what percent of charter schools are failing?” Pocan asked.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DeVos’ mouth opened and her jaw dropped but she did not speak for several seconds.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Do you have an idea?” Pocan pressed.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“I don’t have a state – national,” DeVos, flustered, replied.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“You’re the Secretary of Education and you don’t have this? You ‘know’ this report’s wrong, but you don’t –” Pocan said before being cut off.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“Charter schools are chartered by states, they are not chartered by the federal government,” DeVos said, smiling, as if she won a debate. She had not. She had, however, ignored that the report shows 40.5% of charter schools received some if not all of their funding from the federal government.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“You know that number’s not right but you don’t have a correct number,” Pocan responded.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“What I know is parents and families are choosing to send their children to charter schools,” said DeVos.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“So you don’t know the answer?” Pocan again asked.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>“Parents and children are going to charter schools by choice,” DeVos repeated,</b>&nbsp;showing she has little interest in anything but continuing to fund charter schools, regardless of the cost to taxpayers or the cost to students who don’t receive a good education, and the cost to public school students who lose funding every day a student attends a charter school instead of a public school.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>That, too, is somewhat false. After three years of an anti-public schools Secretary of Education, parents are learning that charter schools “make up an outsized share of the number of public schools persistently graduating less than half of their students.”</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Americans are “turning against” charter schools reveals another Washington Post report.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Watch this exchange between Devos and Pocan:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Aaron Rupar</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">@atrupar</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">.@repmarkpocan: 40% of charter schools that you're giving grant to are closing down</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">BETSY DeVOS: That's a totally debunked report. It's just propaganda</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">POCAN: So what percent of charters are failing? Do you have an idea?</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DeVOS: ¯_(?)/¯</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">A&nbsp;&nbsp;key House committee on Wednesday advanced the 2020 budgets for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), voting to increase their funding by $1.73 billion over last year.</font></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin: 20px 0px;"><div class="field-items" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Democratic-led House Appropriations Committee voted 30-21 along party lines to push forward $37.28 billion in funds for the two agencies. It was an increase of $7.24 billion over&nbsp;<span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="261287" href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">President Trump</a></span>’s 2020 requests, which included deep proposed cuts for both agencies.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“This Interior-Environment funding bill rejects cuts proposed by the Trump administration that would have put the interests of polluters over people,” said Rep.&nbsp;<span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="186568" href="https://thehill.com/people/betty-mccollum" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Betty McCollum</a></span>&nbsp;(D-Minn.)</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, who chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over interior and the environment.</span></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Trump originally proposed gutting the EPA’s budget by 31 percent and cutting&nbsp;Interior's by 14 percent. It was the third year in a row that the White House had proposed dramatic cuts to both departments, which appropriators have resoundingly rejected.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The president and some conservative Republican lawmakers have championed cuts to several departments, arguing they are necessary to rein in spending and reduce&nbsp;the national debt, which stands at $22 trillion.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Republicans on the committee complained that Democrats were moving ahead with bills&nbsp;while&nbsp;the House, Senate and White House have not yet agreed to overall spending levels, despite some progress in a Tuesday meeting.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">“No doubt there are critical programs in this legislation that need more funding, but that does not give the Federal Government the right to borrow and spend without any over-arching plan for fiscal responsibility,” said Rep.&nbsp;<span class="rollover-people" data-behavior="rolloverpeople" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="187917" href="https://thehill.com/people/david-joyce" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">David Joyce</a></span>&nbsp;(R-Ohio), the interior and environment subcommittee’s ranking member.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democratic lawmakers have blasted the White House’s budget requests, arguing the billions in proposed cuts would harm the departments’ ability to run efficiently and complete their public health and environmental mandates.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The committee’s appropriations bill instead aims to increase the EPA’s budget by more than $700 million, to $9.5 billion, compared to the bill passed last year by Congress.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Democratic lawmakers also removed nearly all the riders added in past years by Republicans that aimed to block Obama-era environmental regulations. In addition, they added language to the bills that would limit oil and gas drilling on public land.</b></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lines in the bill could also make it harder for the government to engage in new oil and gas lease sales. A part of the bill would deny fossil fuel leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) if bidding doesn't generate at least $500 million, half of the expected revenue. A GOP amendment to strip out the provisions was voted down.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Another measure Democrats floated in the bill would block any efforts to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and elsewhere until Interior makes public a final comprehensive plan. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt recently told Congress the draft plan is on hold for an indeterminate amount of time following ongoing legal challenges to ANWR drilling.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Additional amendments dealing with wild horses and sage grouse were not adopted.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Interior portion of the bill also flew in the face of Trump’s budget request, which called for eliminating arts programs such as the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The bill increased funding for both by $12.5 million, bringing their budgets to $167.5 million apiece.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It also upped programs such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, for which Trump had requested funding cuts.&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Interior portion of the bill allocated funding for ecological services, land management, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, and came out $2.4 billion above Trump’s request.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The bill is the eight of 12 appropriation bills that the committee has sent to the full House, which is expected to take them up in June. Two more bills are scheduled to advance through subcommittee this week.</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The Senate has refrained from releasing appropriations bills until an agreement is reached on spending caps.</b></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Scathing reports have once again spotlighted the massive cost and delays surrounding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a jet designed for&nbsp;multiple branches of the military that has been&nbsp;dubbed the single most expensive weapons program in history. Even as criticism has rained down upon them, though, the four main contractors on the project have made sure campaign funds flow to lawmakers who are instrumental in keeping government payments coming for the jet. And all four contractors upped the ante last year with record contributions.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-15-364" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">One of the recent reports</a>, from the U.S. Government Accountability Office,&nbsp;is critical of engine failures and software glitches that have caused delays in manufacturing and testing. Notably, an&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/f-35-has-more-engine-troubles-its-been-through-worse-1901865?ft=3aj78&utm_medium=Apr_30_2015_0401_201096&utm_source=TailoredMail&utm_term=%20Two+More+Reports+Slam+The+F-35&utm_campaign=Apr_30_2015_0401" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">engine fire last summer grounded the entire fleet</a>, some of which were expected to enter active service by the end of this year. The engine is&nbsp;designed by Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000209&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United Technologies</a>&nbsp;— a company that also took fire in a separate report from the Department of Defense Inspector General this month,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-27/f-35-engines-from-united-technologies-called-unreliable-by-gao" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">which mentioned more than 60&nbsp;breaches in the company’s compliance with Pentagon&nbsp;requirements and policies.</a></font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">F-35 procurement is expected to cost nearly $400 billion, according to the GAO report, and the Pentagon’s budget for it is projected to rise from $8.4 billion in 2015 to $12 billion in 2018.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/12/buying-the-joint-strike-fighter-caucus/" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">2011 OpenSecrets blog report</a>&nbsp;linked members of a then-new group of F-35 enthusiasts on Capitol Hill — the Joint Strike Fighter Caucus — to the contractors. But a new analysis of 2014 data shows that some of the top recipients from the contractors are powerful legislators: party leaders and chairs or ranking members of influential committees and subcommittees.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
Giving from the contractors typically favors Republican candidates by large margins. In the case of Lockheed, for instance, Republican support generally hovers at 60 percent of its total giving (2008 and 2010 were two recent exceptions to the rule, but, as seen in the chart above, Republicans are once again the favored party).All together, United Technologies,<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000104&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Lockheed Martin</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000170" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Northrop Grumman</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000000583&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">BAE Systems</a>&nbsp;donate millions of dollars every couple of years to lawmakers in the Capitol. Following slightly differing time frames, their individual giving has grown enormously since the JSF program started in 1997. &nbsp;The main contractor, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman led the pack in 2014, each contributing $4.1 million to campaigns. UT spent $2.1 million, and BAE gave $1.4 million. For all four, 2014 was a record year.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">At the top of their recipients list, however, are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle with powerful spots in important&nbsp;committees. The House Armed Services Committee, House Appropriations Committee, and Senate Appropriations Committees were the biggest targets of all of the companies; lawmakers in each received $1.7 million, $1.3 million, and $658,499, respectively.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sen.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004981&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Dick Durbin</a>&nbsp;(D-Ill.) is the only lawmaker in the top five of each company. Now the Senate minority party’s No. 2, and ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Durbin in 2014 took $62,000 from Northrop Grumman, $54,000 from UT, $29,600 from Lockheed, and $29,299 from BAE.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003389&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mitch McConnell</a>&nbsp;(R-Ky.) showed up in the top five of two of the contractors&nbsp;</span>— $27,400 from Lockheed, $23,500 from BAE — as did Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003328&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Thad Cochran</a>&nbsp;(R-Miss.) — $14,000 from BAE, and $11,500 from UT.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Members of the House appropriations and Armed Services Committees were up there as well — often taking in more than the lawmakers in the Senate.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00006052&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mac Thornberry</a>&nbsp;(R-Texas), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, received $75,900 from Lockheed, and $29,000 from Northrop Grumman. The top Democrat in the Committee, Washington Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00007833&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Adam Smith</a>&nbsp;took in $28,200 from Northrop Grumman. Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00024842&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Joe Courtney</a>&nbsp;(D-Conn.), the ranking member of a subcommittee in Armed Services took in $11,500 from UT. Rep.<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00029258&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Duncan Hunter</a>&nbsp;(R-Calif.), just a member of the Committee, got $11,500. Hunter is also the son of former House Armed Services Chairman, former Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-Calif.).</font></p><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In Appropriations, several subcommittee chairs make a showing in the companies’ top fives as well. Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00008799&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Kay Granger</a>&nbsp;(R-Texas) the chairwoman&nbsp;for the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee and vice-chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee received $73,350 from Lockheed (Granger also lists herself as co-chair of the JSF caucus on her website with a link to the 2011 press release announcing the caucus). The ranking New Jersey lawmaker on the panel, Republican Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00000684&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Rodney Frelinghuysen</a>, saw $73,350 from Lockheed (Frelinghuysen is also the chairman of the Homeland Security and Defense Committee). Rep.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00012739&cycle=2014" style="color: rgb(17, 123, 184); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ander Crenshaw</a>&nbsp;(R-Fla.) took in $35,700 from Northrop Grumman, and $13,600 from BAE.</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science,
<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">111th Congress</a></font></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 170); width: 184px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 238); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: gray; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democrats:</font></b></td><td style="text-align: center; color: rgb(170, 17, 0); width: 185px; background-color: rgb(238, 204, 187); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Republicans:</font></b></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: gray; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alan_Mollohan" title="Alan Mollohan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Alan Mollohan</a>&nbsp;(W.Va.),<b>Chairman</b></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Kennedy" title="Patrick Kennedy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Patrick Kennedy</a>&nbsp;(R.I.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chaka_Fattah" title="Chaka Fattah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Chaka Fattah</a>&nbsp;(Pa.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Adam_Schiff" title="Adam Schiff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Adam Schiff</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mike_Honda" title="Mike Honda" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mike Honda</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dutch_Ruppersberger" title="Dutch Ruppersberger" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dutch Ruppersberger</a>&nbsp;(Md.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peter_Visclosky" title="Peter Visclosky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Peter Visclosky</a>&nbsp;(Ind.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jose_Serrano" title="Jose Serrano" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jose Serrano</a>&nbsp;(N.Y.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dave_Obey" title="Dave Obey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dave Obey</a>&nbsp;(Wis.),&nbsp;<i>Ex Officio</i></font></li></ul></td><td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Frank_Wolf" title="Frank Wolf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Frank Wolf</a>&nbsp;(Va.),&nbsp;<b>Ranking Member</b></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Culberson</a>&nbsp;(Texas)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Aderholt" title="Robert Aderholt" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert Aderholt</a>&nbsp;(Ala.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jo_Bonner" title="Jo Bonner" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jo Bonner</a>&nbsp;(Ala.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jerry Lewis</a>&nbsp;(Calif.),&nbsp;<i>Ex Officio</i></font></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; line-height: 19.2px; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">---</font></h3></div><div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; line-height: 19.2px; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Subcommittee_on_Energy_and_Water"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subcommittee on Energy and Water</font></span></h3><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 19.2px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; width: 30em; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: gray; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Members of the
Subcommittee on Energy and Water,
<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">111th Congress</a></font></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 170); width: 184px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 238); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: gray; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democrats:</font></b></td><td style="text-align: center; color: rgb(170, 17, 0); width: 185px; background-color: rgb(238, 204, 187); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Republicans:</font></b></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: gray; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peter_Visclosky" title="Peter Visclosky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Peter Visclosky</a>&nbsp;(Ind.),<b>Chairman</b></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Chet Edwards</a>&nbsp;(Texas)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ed Pastor</a>&nbsp;(Ariz.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Marion_Berry" title="Marion Berry" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Marion Berry</a>&nbsp;(Ark.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chaka_Fattah" title="Chaka Fattah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Chaka Fattah</a>&nbsp;(Pa.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Israel" title="Steve Israel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Steve Israel</a>&nbsp;(N.Y.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tim_Ryan" title="Tim Ryan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tim Ryan</a>&nbsp;(Ohio)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Olver" title="John Olver" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Olver</a>&nbsp;(Mass.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lincoln_Davis" title="Lincoln Davis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lincoln Davis</a>&nbsp;(Tenn.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_T.Salazar" title="John T. Salazar" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John T. Salazar</a>&nbsp;(Colo.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dave_Obey" title="Dave Obey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dave Obey</a>&nbsp;(Wis.),&nbsp;<i>Ex Officio</i></font></li></ul></td><td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rodney_Frelinghuysen" title="Rodney Frelinghuysen" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rodney Frelinghuysen</a>(N.J.),&nbsp;<b>Ranking Member</b></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Zach Wamp</a>&nbsp;(Tenn.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mike_Simpson" title="Mike Simpson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mike Simpson</a>&nbsp;(Idaho)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dennis_Rehberg" title="Dennis Rehberg" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dennis Rehberg</a>&nbsp;(Mont.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ken_Calvert" title="Ken Calvert" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ken Calvert</a>&nbsp;(Calif)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rodney Alexander</a>&nbsp;(La.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jerry Lewis</a>&nbsp;(Calif.),&nbsp;<i>Ex Officio</i></font></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The&nbsp;<b>Committee on Appropriations</b>&nbsp;is a standing Congressional committee of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States House of Representatives</a>. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such, it is one of the most powerful of the committees, and its members are seen as influential.</font></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 19.2px; text-align: right; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; width: 30em; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: gray; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Members of the
House Committee on Appropriations,
<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">111th Congress</a></font></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 170); width: 184px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 238); border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: gray; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democrats:</font></b></td><td style="text-align: center; color: rgb(170, 17, 0); width: 185px; background-color: rgb(238, 204, 187); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Republicans:</font></b></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; border-right-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: gray; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Obey" title="David Obey" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David Obey</a>&nbsp;(Wis.),<b>Chairman</b></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Murtha" title="John Murtha" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Murtha</a>&nbsp;(Pa.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Norm_Dicks" title="Norm Dicks" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Norm Dicks</a>&nbsp;(Wash.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alan_Mollohan" title="Alan Mollohan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Alan Mollohan</a>&nbsp;(W.Va.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Marcy_Kaptur" title="Marcy Kaptur" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Marcy Kaptur</a>&nbsp;(Ohio)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peter_Visclosky" title="Peter Visclosky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Peter Visclosky</a>&nbsp;(Ind.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nita_Lowey" title="Nita Lowey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Nita Lowey</a>&nbsp;(N.Y.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jose_Serrano" title="Jose Serrano" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jose Serrano</a>&nbsp;(N.Y.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rosa DeLauro</a>&nbsp;(Conn.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jim_Moran" title="Jim Moran" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jim Moran</a>&nbsp;(Va.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Olver" title="John Olver" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Olver</a>&nbsp;(Mass.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ed Pastor</a>&nbsp;(Ariz.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_Price" title="David Price" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David Price</a>&nbsp;(N.C.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chet_Edwards" title="Chet Edwards" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Chet Edwards</a>&nbsp;(Texas)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Kennedy" title="Patrick Kennedy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Patrick Kennedy</a>&nbsp;(R.I.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Maurice_Hinchey" title="Maurice Hinchey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Maurice Hinchey</a>&nbsp;(N.Y.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lucille_Roybal-Allard" title="Lucille Roybal-Allard" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lucille Roybal-Allard</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sam_Farr" title="Sam Farr" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sam Farr</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jesse_Jackson_Jr." title="Jesse Jackson Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jesse Jackson Jr.</a>&nbsp;(Ill.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carolyn_Kilpatrick" title="Carolyn Kilpatrick" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Carolyn Kilpatrick</a>&nbsp;(Mich.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Allen_Boyd" title="Allen Boyd" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Allen Boyd</a>&nbsp;(Fla.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chaka_Fattah" title="Chaka Fattah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Chaka Fattah</a>&nbsp;(Pa.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steven_Rothman" title="Steven Rothman" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Steven Rothman</a>&nbsp;(N.J.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sanford_Bishop" title="Sanford Bishop" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sanford Bishop</a>&nbsp;(Ga.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Marion_Berry" title="Marion Berry" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Marion Berry</a>&nbsp;(Ark.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barbara_Lee" title="Barbara Lee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Barbara Lee</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Adam_Schiff" title="Adam Schiff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Adam Schiff</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)]</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Honda" title="Michael Honda" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Michael Honda</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Betty McCollum</a>&nbsp;(Minn.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steve_Israel" title="Steve Israel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Steve Israel</a>&nbsp;(N.Y.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tim_Ryan" title="Tim Ryan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tim Ryan</a>&nbsp;(Ohio)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dutch_Ruppersberger" title="Dutch Ruppersberger" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dutch Ruppersberger</a>&nbsp;(Md.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Chandler" title="Ben Chandler" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ben Chandler</a>&nbsp;(Ky.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Debbie Wasserman Schultz</a>(Fla.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ciro_D.Rodriguez" title="Ciro D. Rodriguez" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ciro D. Rodriguez</a>&nbsp;(Texas)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lincoln_Davis" title="Lincoln Davis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Lincoln Davis</a>&nbsp;(Tenn.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Salazar" title="John Salazar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Salazar</a>&nbsp;(Colo.)</font></li></ul></td><td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 238, 221); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jerry Lewis</a>&nbsp;(Calif.),<b>Ranking Member</b></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Young" title="Bill Young" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Bill Young</a>&nbsp;(Fla.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hal Rogers</a>&nbsp;(Ky.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Frank_Wolf" title="Frank Wolf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Frank Wolf</a>&nbsp;(Va.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jack_Kingston" title="Jack Kingston" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jack Kingston</a>&nbsp;(Ga.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rodney_Frelinghuysen" title="Rodney Frelinghuysen" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rodney Frelinghuysen</a>&nbsp;(N.J.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Todd_Tiahrt" title="Todd Tiahrt" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Todd Tiahrt</a>&nbsp;(Kan.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Zach Wamp</a>&nbsp;(Tenn.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tom_Latham" title="Tom Latham" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tom Latham</a>&nbsp;(Iowa)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Aderholt" title="Robert Aderholt" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert Aderholt</a>&nbsp;(Ala.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jo Ann Emerson</a>&nbsp;(Mo.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Kay Granger</a>&nbsp;(Texas)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mike_Simpson" title="Mike Simpson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mike Simpson</a>&nbsp;(Idaho)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Culberson" title="John Culberson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Culberson</a>&nbsp;(Texas)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_Kirk" title="Mark Kirk" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mark Kirk</a>&nbsp;(Ill.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ander_Crenshaw" title="Ander Crenshaw" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ander Crenshaw</a>&nbsp;(Fla.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dennis_Rehberg" title="Dennis Rehberg" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dennis Rehberg</a>&nbsp;(Mont.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Carter" title="John Carter" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Carter</a>&nbsp;(Texas)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rodney Alexander</a>&nbsp;(La.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ken_Calvert" title="Ken Calvert" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ken Calvert</a>&nbsp;(Calif.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jo_Bonner" title="Jo Bonner" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jo Bonner</a>&nbsp;(Ala.)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Steven_LaTourette" title="Steven LaTourette" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Steven LaTourette</a>&nbsp;(Ohio)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tom_Cole" title="Tom Cole" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tom Cole</a>&nbsp;(Okla.)</font></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; display: inline; background-image: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contents</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h2>&nbsp;<span class="toctoggle">&nbsp;[<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">hide</a>]&nbsp;</span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittees" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittees</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Agriculture" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Agriculture</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Commerce.2C_Justice_and_Science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Defense" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Defense</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Energy_and_Water" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Energy and Water</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Financial_Services" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Financial Services</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Homeland_Security" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Homeland Security</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Interior_and_Environment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Interior and Environment</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Labor.2C_Health_and_Human_Services" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.8</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Legislative_Branch" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.9</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Legislative Branch</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Military_Construction.2C_Veterans.27_Affairs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.10</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_State.2C_Foreign_Operations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.11</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Transportation.2C_Treasury.2C_Housing_and_Urban_Development" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1.12</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Committee_activity" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Committee activity</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#110th_Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">110th Congress</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Temporary_replacement_for_John_Doolittle" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Temporary replacement for John Doolittle</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Chairman_David_Obey.28D-Wis..29_threatened_to_hold_up_war_funding" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) threatened to hold up war funding</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#109th_Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">109th Congress</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Chairman_Jerry_Lewis.28R-Calif..29_fires_staff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.2.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) fires staff</span></font></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Previous_committee_membership" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Previous committee membership</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#110th_Congress.282007-2008.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">110th Congress (2007-2008)</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Agriculture_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Agriculture</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Commerce.2C_Justice_and_Science_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">6</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Defense_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">7</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Defense</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Energy_and_Water_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">8</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Energy and Water</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Financial_Services_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">9</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Financial Services</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Homeland_Security_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">10</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Homeland Security</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Interior_and_Environment_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">11</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Interior and Environment</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Labor.2C_Health_and_Human_Services_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">12</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Legislative_Branch_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">13</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Legislative Branch</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Military_Construction.2C_Veterans.27_Affairs_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">14</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_State.2C_Foreign_Operations_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">15</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Transportation.2C_Treasury.2C_Housing_and_Urban_Development_2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">16</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Subcommittee_on_Select_Intelligence_Oversight_Panel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">17</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Subcommittee on Select Intelligence Oversight Panel</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">18</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-36" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Contact_information" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">19</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Contact information</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-37" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Articles_and_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">20</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#Sources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">20.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Sources</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">20.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">External articles</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Appropriations#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">20.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">External resources</span></font></a></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></div>