United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.
The entrance to the Appropriations Committee Suite in the United States Capitol
Former Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-WV, far right) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates while Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT, center right) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) look on. The hearing was held to discuss further funding for the War in Iraq.
Ted Stevens was especially noted for his ability to use his Appropriations chairmanship to bring home federal dollars for the state of Alaska.
Vice Chairman Robert Byrd, Patrick Leahy and Chairman Ted Stevens meeting for FY98 Appropriations in 1997
Ted Stevens
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Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left office. Stevens was the president pro tempore of the United States Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses from 2003 to 2007, and was the third U.S. Senator to hold the title of president pro tempore emeritus. He was previously Solicitor of the Interior Department from 1960 to 1961. Stevens has been described as one of the most powerful members of Congress and as the most powerful member of Congress from the Northwestern United States.
Official portrait, 1997
Stevens while serving, 1943
The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor displays a collection of Stevens's wartime photos and souvenirs in connection to his flying supplies to the Flying Tigers
Stevens and President George W. Bush with World War II veterans of the 322nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 2006