Rosa DeLauro selected as chair of powerful House Appropriations Committee, one of the top jobs in Congress
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a 15-term Democrat from New Haven and the dean of the Connecticut delegation, was overwhelmingly selected Thursday as the next chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, an influential position that gives her enormous control over federal spending. “We’re in the midst of a crisis,’’ DeLauro said, referring to the public...