Neither of Texas’ two senators serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee. But both Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz introduced Rollins at Thursday’s hearing, calling her a “no-brainer.” Both have known Rollins for decades going back to her time in the Texas governor’s office and leading the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee American farming was once head of a group that was among the loudest opponents of a favorite US agriculture product: biofuels.

Brooke Rollins met her husband when they were both freshmen at Texas A&M University in 1990. Evidently it was love at first sight. Who is he?

Brooke Rollins led oil industry-backed Texas Public Policy Foundation, which argued that government support for ethanol contributed to higher emissions, rising food, fuel prices