ROHRABACHER RENAMED TO HOUSE SCIENCE POST.Byline: Bill Hillburg Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Dana Tyron Rohrabacher (born June 21, 1947, in Coronado, California) is an American politician, who has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1989, currently representing California's At-large congressional district. , R-Huntington Beach, was reappointed Monday as chairman of the House science subcommittee on space and aeronautics, giving him a key role in Congress' investigation of the shuttle Columbia disaster. Rohrabacher, who faced removal from the post under the Republican leadership's self-imposed, three-term limit on chairmanships, was granted a one-term waiver in the wake of the Columbia tragedy. ``I had been thinking of trying to stay on, but this disaster convinced me,'' Rohrabacher said. ``We need to find out what caused the Columbia disaster. We also need to come up with a new, clear strategy for our space program and make changes where they are needed.'' Rohrabacher joins a potent lineup of California Republicans holding chairmanships in the new Congress. They include Reps. Bill Thomas For other people with similar names, see . William Marshall Thomas (born December 6 1941), commonly known as Bill Thomas, American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979–2007, representing the 22nd District of , R-Bakersfield, Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. ; Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, Education Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness; and Elton Gallegly Elton W. Gallegly (born March 7 1944), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, currently representing the 24th District of California (map). , R-Thousand Oaks, International Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation non·pro·lif·er·a·tion adj. Of, relating to, or calling for an end to the acquisition of nuclear weapons by additional nations: a nonproliferation treaty. and Human Rights. |
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