Former Ag chairman Conaway, farm subsidy defender and SNAP skeptic, will retire

Staunch conservative Michael Conaway, the most divisive House Agriculture chairman in decades, said on Wednesday that he will retire at the end of 2020. During eight terms in the House, the Republican from west Texas chaired two committees, found an embezzler in the House GOP campaign arm, and briefly oversaw a House investigation of Russian… » Read More

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