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2006年11月17日，众议院共和党会议在国会山朗沃思众议院办公楼选举第110届国会新领导层后，来自德克萨斯州的众议院共和党议员凯·格兰杰发表讲话。路透社/拉里·唐宁（美国）/档案照片 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
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目前未公布死因。格兰杰曾在2024年表示，她正与“未预见的健康挑战”作斗争。
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格兰杰1997年至2025年代表其德克萨斯州选区在国会任职。2023年，格兰杰宣布不会寻求连任美国众议院议员。
在其作为议员的最后一届任期内，格兰杰担任众议院拨款委员会主席超过一年，负责拨款立法工作，成为国会最具影响力的议员之一。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊称赞格兰杰是一位开拓者。“在整个职业生涯中，她为女性投身公共服务打破了壁垒，”约翰逊说道，并指出她是沃斯堡首位女性市长，也是首位当选美国众议院德克萨斯州议员的共和党女性。
她是首位领导预算委员会的共和党女性，尽管在此之前已有两位民主党女性议员——妮塔·洛维和罗莎·德拉罗——担任过该职务。
“在职业生涯的每一步，格兰杰都凭借稳健的领导力和对国会履行宪法职责、投资美国民众重要性的坚定信念，赢得了两党议员的尊重，”德拉罗周日在一份声明中说道。
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Kay Granger, first Republican woman to lead House Appropriations Committee, dies at 83
By Reuters
August 3, 2026 3:22 AM UTC Updated 18 mins ago
House Republican Conference Vice Chair Kay Granger (R-TX) speaks after the House Republican Conference elected its new leadership for the 110th Congress in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill, November 17, 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Kay Granger, a Texas Republican who was the first woman from her party to chair the U.S. House of Representatives’ powerful Appropriations Committee, has died, her son J.D. Granger confirmed to Reuters on Sunday. She was 83.
No cause of death was given. Kay Granger in 2024 said she was battling “unforeseen health challenges.”
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Granger represented her Texas district in Congress from 1997 to 2025. In 2023, Granger announced she would not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
In her final term as a lawmaker, Granger chaired the House Appropriations Committee for more than a year, putting her in charge of spending legislation and making her one of the most influential members of Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson praised Granger as a trailblazer. “Throughout her career, she broke barriers for women in public service,” Johnson said, noting that she was the first female mayor of Fort Worth and the first Republican woman elected to represent Texas in the U.S. House.
She was the first Republican woman to lead the budget panel, although two Democratic women, Representatives Nita Lowey and Rosa DeLauro, preceded Granger in the role.
“At every step of her career, she [Granger] earned the respect of Members on both sides of the aisle through her steady leadership and deep belief in the importance of Congress fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to invest in the American people,” DeLauro said in a statement on Sunday.
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