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HOUSE COMMITTEE on APPROPRIATIONS Majority HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Majority (Republican) Representative State Contact Form Telephone Hal Rogers, Chair Kentucky https://halrogers.house.gov/contact/contactform.htm (202) 225-4601 Rodney Frelinghuysen New Jersey http://frelinghuysen.house.gov/contact-us/ (202) 225-4876 Robert Aderholt Alabama https://aderholt.house.gov/contact-robert/ (202) 225-4876 Kay Granger Texas https://kaygranger.house.gov/contact-kay/email-me (202) 225-5071 Mike Simpson Idaho http://simpson.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-5531 John Culberson Texas http://culberson.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-2571 Ander Crenshaw Florida http://crenshaw.house.gov/index.cfm/contact (202) 225-2501 John Carter Texas http://carter.house.gov/contact-john-nav (202) 225-3864 Ken Calvert California http://calvert.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-1986 Tom Cole Oklahoma https://coleforms.house.gov/contact/default.aspx (202) 225-6165 Mario Diaz-Balart Florida http://mariodiazbalart.house.gov/contact-mario (202) 225-4211 Charlie Dent Pennsylvania https://dent.house.gov/?p=ContactForm (202) 225-6411 Tom Graves Georgia http://tomgraves.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-5211 Kevin Yoder Kansas http://yoder.house.gov/contact (202) 225-2865 Steve Womack Arkansas http://womack.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-4301 Jeff Fortenberry Nebraska https://fortenberry.house.gov/contact/email-me (202) 225-4806 Tom Rooney Florida https://rooney.house.gov/contact (202) 225-5792 Chuck Fleischmann Tennessee https://fleischmann.house.gov/contact-me/email-me (202) 225-3271 Jaime Herrera Beutler Washington http://herrerabeutler.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-3536 David Joyce Ohio https://joyce.house.gov/email-me (202) 225-5731 David Valadao California https://valadao.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-4695 Andy Harris Maryland https://harris.house.gov/contact-me (202) 225-5311 Martha Roby Alabama https://roby.house.gov/contact-me/ (202) 225-2901 Mark Amodei Nevada https://amodei.house.gov/contact-us/ (202) 225-6155 Chris Stewart Utah https://stewart.house.gov/contact/email-me (202) 225-9730 David Jolly Florida http://jolly.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-5961 Scott Rigell Virginia http://scottrigell.com/contact-us/ (202) 225-4215 Evan Jenkins West Virginia https://evanjenkins.house.gov/contact/email (202) 225-3452 David Young Iowa https://davidyoung.house.gov/contact/email (202) 225-5476 Steven Palazzo Mississippi http://palazzo.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-5772 Find your Representative: http://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep Minority (Democrat) Representative State Contact Form Telephone Nita Lowey, Ranking New York https://lowey.house.gov/contact-form (202) 225-6506 Marcy Kaptur Ohio https://forms.house.gov/kaptur/webforms/issue_subsc (202) 225-4146 ribe.shtml Pete Visclosky Indiana https://visclosky.house.gov/contact-pete/email-pete (202) 225-2461 José Serrano New York https://serrano.house.gov/contact-me (202) 225-4361 Rosa DeLauro Connecticut https://forms.house.gov/delauro/webforms/contact_fo (202) 225-3661 rm_email.shtml David Price North Carolina https://price.house.gov/contact (202) 225.1784 Lucille Roybal-Allard California http://roybal-allard.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-1766 Sam Farr California http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php/contact-us (202) 225-2861 Chaka Fattah Pennsylvania https://fattah.house.gov/contact-rep-fattah (202) 225.4001 Sanford Bishop Georgia https://bishop.house.gov/contact/email-me (202) 225-3631 Barbara Lee California https://barbaralee.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-2661 Mike Honda California https://honda.house.gov/contact/email-me (202) 225-2631 Betty McCollum Minnesota https://mccollum.house.gov/contact-me/email-me (202) 225-6631 Steve Israel New York http://israel.house.gov/contact (202) 225-3335 Tim Ryan Ohio http://timryanforms.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-5261 Dutch Ruppersberger Maryland http://ruppersberger.house.gov/contact-dutch/email- (202) 225-3061 dutch Debbie Wasserman Florida http://wassermanschultz.house.gov/contact/ (202) 225-7931 Schultz Henry Cuellar Texas http://cuellar.house.gov/contact/sendmeanemail.htm (202) 225-1640 Chellie Pingree Maine https://pingree.house.gov/contact/email-me (202) 225-6116 Mike Quigley Illinois https://quigleyforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/ (202) 225-4061 Derek Kilmer Washington http://kilmer.house.gov/contact (202) 225-5916 Find Your Representative: http://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep .
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