Congressman August Pfluger welcomed Brooke Rollins to Capitol Hill this week for the Republican Study Committee's member meeting. The discussion placed the USDA secretary before Republican lawmakers as Rollins and the Trump Administration outlined work on farmers, SNAP fraud, farmland ownership, and New World Screwworm.
August Pfluger and Brooke Rollins
Pfluger said, "Secretary Rollins and the Trump Administration have put American farmers and ranchers first by expanding markets, rooting out fraud and abuse in the SNAP program, and protecting American farmland from foreign adversaries' ownership." He added that Rollins was delivering results for farmers and ranchers across the country.
The meeting centered on USDA priorities that touch producers directly. Expanding markets speaks to where crops and livestock can be sold. Rooting out fraud and abuse in SNAP points to tighter program controls. Protecting American farmland from foreign adversaries' ownership reflects a security issue that has become part of the agricultural debate.
USDA and New World Screwworm
Rollins also spoke on USDA efforts to deploy sterile flies to eradicate New World Screwworm along the southern border, including in Texas. The method depends on releasing sterile flies so the insect population cannot sustain itself, a response aimed at stopping the pest before it spreads farther north.
That detail mattered because the meeting was not built around a single new policy announcement. It was a congressional office release about a member meeting, so the clearest material came from the priorities Rollins presented rather than from a new rule, funding action, or measurable program result.
RSC and rural America
Pfluger said "the RSC will continue working hand-in-hand with Secretary Rollins and USDA to strengthen rural America and ensure that our agricultural industry remains the envy of the world." That sets the next step at continued coordination between the committee, Rollins, and USDA rather than a new vote or deadline.
For farmers and ranchers, the practical read is that the discussion stayed on enforcement, market access, farmland ownership, and pest control. What Rollins discussed at the Republican Study Committee meeting is now the point of reference for where the committee says it will keep pressing USDA.
