House appropriations MILCON subcommittee getting new chairman

The House Appropriations military construction and veterans affairs subcommittee is getting a new leader, according to the chairman of the full committee.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) today announced that Rep. John Carter (R-TX) would take over the gavel previously held by the retiring Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA).

"We are in the midst of a very aggressive and busy appropriations season," Frelinghuysen said in a statement. "With the retirement of one of our great subcommittee chairmen, Charlie Dent, we needed to bring a new member on board, and have made additional changes in subcommittee leadership as well."

Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) will take Dent's place on the committee, according to the statement. Additional changes include Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) replacing Rep. John Carter (R-TX) as homeland security subcommittee chairman and Frelinghuysen replacing Yoder as legislative branch subcommittee chairman.