As chairman of the House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee, Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) holds enormous influence over the Department of Homeland Security. Since 2003, a hometown security institute and a consortium of colleges and universities he set up in his home state have received $34 million from the department for security projects.
SOURCE: The office of U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers,the Department of Homeland Security | GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - October 24, 2005
