[ducttape45]

Well of course, and guess which senator had the most influence on the Department of Agriculture over the past 20 years or more.

Yep, you guessed it, Senator Richard Lugar, and most famous RINO in Indiana politics.

[La Lydia]

This was the doing of then chairman of the Senate Ag committee, the open borders Socialist Tom Harkin, and his staff director Mark Halverson. Lugar was the ranking member. A Confederacy of Squishes.