As U.S. Rep. Kay Granger prepares to retire after 30 years, here’s a look at the “Texas tough” congresswoman’s time in Washington and her impact in Fort worth.

FILE - House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger, R-Texas, arrives as House Republicans meet behind closed doors to determine how quickly lawmakers can wrap up this fiscal year’s final set of spending bills and passed to avoid a partial government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Granger, 81, missed 279 of the House’s 517 votes in 2024, more than the 278 votes she missed between 1997 and 2006. Her last vote was July 24 on an amendment to reduce the salary of an Environmental Protection Agency official to $1. By contrast, Granger missed only 32 votes in 2023.