Kay Granger

Kay Granger
Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
In office January 3, 2023 – April 10, 2024
Preceded by	Rosa DeLauro
Succeeded by	Tom Cole
Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Nita Lowey
Succeeded by	Rosa DeLauro
Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Leader	John Boehner
Preceded by	Jack Kingston
Succeeded by	Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Pete Geren
41st Mayor of Fort Worth
In office May 21, 1991 – December 19, 1995
Preceded by	Bob Bolen
Succeeded by	Jewell Woods (acting)
Personal details
Born	Norvell Kay Mullendore (1943-01-18) January 18, 1943 (age 81) Greenville, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Children	3
Education	Texas Wesleyan University (BA)
Website	House website
Kay Granger's voice Kay Granger speaks in support of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 Recorded July 25, 2019

Norvell Kay Granger (née Mullendore; born January 18, 1943)^[1] is an American politician from the U.S. state of Texas serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district since 1997. She is a member of the Republican Party, and was chair of the United States House Committee on Appropriations from 2023 to 2024.

A former teacher and businesswoman, Granger is the first Republican woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House. After serving on the zoning commission of Fort Worth, Texas, in 1991 she was elected the city's first female mayor; she served two terms.