Hal Rogers, U.S. Congress

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Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Barrier, Wayne County, Ky., December 31, 1937; graduated from Wayne County High School, Monticello, Ky., 1955; attended Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky., 1956-1957; A.B., University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1962; LL.B., University of Kentucky Law School, Lexington, Ky., 1964; staff sergeant, Kentucky and North Carolina Army National Guard, 1956-1963; lawyer, private practice; commonwealth attorney, Pulaski and Rockcastle Counties, Ky., 1969-1980; delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-present); chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fourteenth Congresses).

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