Harold "Hal" Rogers



Harold "Hal" Dallas Rogers has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1980, representing the 5th District of Kentucky. (map)

Iraq War
Rogers voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War.

Environmental record
For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Tobacco issues
Hal Rogers was one of the largest recipients of Brown & Williamson Political Action Committee (I"BACPAC") funds in the 1980s, receiving $1,000 from BACPAC in the 1980-81 election cycle.

According to a May 13, 1997 Common Cause report on political giving, Rogers received a total of $42,700 from tobacco industry PACs between 1987 and 1996, making him the 20th top recipient of tobacco funding in the House of Representatives during that period.see Bates Page No.-5865.

Rogers is listed in a October 1999 Philip Morris Federal Government Affairs Tobacco Allies Notebook and is also listed as a Republican on record as opposing the Federal government's lawsuit against the major American tobacco companies. at pages -5514 and -5527 The suit proceeded and the companies were found guilty in August 2006 of conspiracy and racketeering in deceiving the American public about the health hazards posed by tobacco smoke.

Jack Abramoff Link
Rogers "said he would give the $32,000 he received from five Indian tribes [for election campaigns 2002, 2004, and 2006] to the UNITE Foundation, an anti-drug trafficking and treatment program in his Eastern Kentucky district," James R. Carroll reported in the January 5, 2006, Louisville, Kentucky, Courier-Journal ("State Republicans, GOP got donations tied to Abramoff ").

Rogers said the contributions to him 'were lawfully made and properly reported,' but he was donating the money 'out of an abundance of caution, so as to avoid any appearance of impropriety.'"

Reveal Technolgies and Homeland Security Spending

 * "Reveal-related donations to HALPAC," Washington Post, December 22, 2005.
 * Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham, "Post-9/11 Rush Mixed Politics With Security. Congressman Benefits From Homeland Security Spending," Washington Post, December 25, 2005.

Background
Rogers was born in Monticello, Kentucky December 31, 1937. He was educated at the University of Kentucky, served in the North Carolina Army National Guard, and was a lawyer before entering the House.

Congressional Career
He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1979, losing in the general election to Democrat Martha Layne Collins. The following year Rogers won election to Congress.

In 2003 the Daniel Boone Parkway, a part of the Kentucky system of toll roads, was renamed the Hal Rogers Parkway (over the objection of some historians) in honor of Rogers efforts to have the parkway's construction bonds paid by the federal government. This action resulted in the ending of toll collection, as required by Kentucky law when a parkway's construction bonds are paid off by toll collections or other means. The highway runs through Rogers' district, and is scheduled to become part of an expanded Interstate 66.

2006 elections
In 2006, the Democrats nominated Kenneth Stepp to face Rogers in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) Rogers retained his seat.

Money in politics
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Committees

 * House Committee on Appropriations
 * Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science
 * Subcommittee on Homeland Security -Ranking

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

 * House Committee on Appropriations
 * Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Chair
 * Subcommittee on Transportation Treasury and Housing and Urban Development The Judiciary District of Columbia
 * House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

Coalitions and Caucuses

 * Congressional Horse Caucus
 * Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus

Boards and other Affiliations

 * Former President, Kentucky Commonwealth Attorney's Association
 * Former President/Member, Pulaski County Industrial Foundation
 * Former President/Member, Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce
 * Founder, Southern Kentucky Economic Council

Contact
DC Office: 2406 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-1705 Phone: 202-225-4601 Fax: 202-225-0940 Web Email Website

District Office - Hazard: 601 Main Street Hazard, KY 41701 Phone: 606-439-0794 TollFree: 800-632-8588 Fax: 606-439-4647

District Office - Prestonsburg: 100 Resource Drive Prestonsburg, KY 41653 Phone: 606-886-0844 Fax: 606-889-0371

District Office - Somerset 551 Clifty Street Somerset, KY 42501 Phone: 606-679-8346 TollFree: 800-632-8588 Fax: 606-678-4856

External resources

 * Official website
 * Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

External articles

 * "Reveal-related donations to HALPAC," Washington Post, December 22, 2005.
 * Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham, "Post-9/11 Rush Mixed Politics With Security," Washington Post, December 25, 2005.
 * Eric Lipton, "In Kentucky Hills, a Homeland Security Bonanza," New York Times, May, 14, 2006.
 * "CREW releases 'Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and two to watch)'," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, September 18, 2007.

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