Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee and its defense subcommittee.
The surprise announcement actually came about five minutes into Rice's opening statement to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Byrd is chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, which often dispenses federal money for rural water projects.
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has been tapped to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Holder and Mueller expressed their concern in letters to Congress released Thursday by Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.
The FBI investigated, but found no evidence of extremist activity, FBI Director Robert Mueller reiterated Thursday during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S. Senate.
The Senate Appropriations Committee said the broader aid package was designed to provide funding for any federally declared disaster last year, not just Hurricane Sandy.
Rogoff has served for 22 years on the staff of the Senate Appropriations Committee, including 14 years as the Democratic Staff Director of its Transportation Subcommittee.
During his time in the Senate, he has been chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and is the senior Republican on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
The House appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes FEMA, will come up in the Senate Appropriations Committee on September 6, according to the Senate aide.
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The 84-year-old senator is a former chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and is renowned for his prowess in steering federal funds to his vast, sparsely populated state.
House and Senate appropriations committee staffers of Democratic Reps.
For years, he served as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, exerting his power to secure funding for projects in Alaska ranging from millions for new airports right down to a few hundred thousand dollars for berry research.
The bill is expected to be introduced this year into the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, which next meets on Thursday.
He is chairman of the defence part of the Senate's appropriations committee.
Murray, who leads the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and is a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, called Panetta's decision a "historic step for equality" that recognizes the role women play in the military.
The problem is an amendment that Mr Byrd tacked on to this year's agriculture-appropriations bill in the committee to thrash out differences between the House and Senate.
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