Members of both parties expressed frustration with how long the process has taken and that the end result was what so many had predicted.
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, will step down early as chair of the influential House Appropriations Committee, she announced in a letter to Republican leadership Friday.
Without Granger, only three Texans will chair committees in Congress: Rep. Jodey Arrington chair the Budget Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul chairs Foreign Affairs and Rep. Roger Williams chairs Small Business. Texas sends more Republicans to Congress than any other state. But recent departures among experienced havethat she would not seek reelection this cycle. She is currently the longest-serving Republican in the Texas delegation, serving since 1997.
Granger has served on the committee for 25 years. She has long been a staunch advocate for defense spending, particularly in her Fort Worth-based district,of the F-35 fighter jet. She also oversaw over $400 million going to Fort Worth's Panther Island flood control and development project, which prompted questions of impropriety since her son was the head of the authority overseeing the project. He left the project in 2022.
The Appropriations Committee will need to pass another set of federal funding bills before the end of September to keep the government funded. Congress has failed to meet that deadline for nearly 30 years, and Granger acknowledged in her letter that election years in particular often distract Congress from passing spending bills on time.
Cuellar is the only Texas Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. Other Texas members include Republican Reps. John Carter, Jake Ellzey, Tony Gonzales and Michael Cloud. Granger is widely respected on both sides of the aisle among long-serving members in Congress. She is the first Texas Republican woman to serve in Congress and is currently the dean of Texas' Republican delegation. She organizes weekly lunches with her fellow Texas Republicans — a tradition to foster a united front in the delegation. Several older members lament that the delegation is decreasingly unified in its positions.
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