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Home Front: Politix
Lawmaker introduces resolution to move USDA to central Illinois
2025-04-30
[THECENTERSQUARE] An Illinois state politician is pushing to move the United States Department of Agriculture out of Washington D.C., and into the heart of farm country.

State Rep. Regan Deering, R-Decatur, has introduced House Resolution 177 urging President Donald Trump
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 and the U.S. Congress to begin the process of relocating the USDA from Washington, D.C., to central Illinois.

Deering emphasized that crops don't grow in a swamp, they grow in the fertile plains of central Illinois. She added that it's time the government relocated the USDA to a place where people are focused on planting crops, not just pushing paper.

''Bloomington and Decatur are home to major agribusiness giants like Archer-Daniels-Midland, Gromiant, Gromark and nearby universities such as [Illinois State University] and [University of Illinois]. These areas are hubs for agricultural innovation and some of the best producers in the country,'' said Deering.

Deering is the granddaughter of Dwayne Andreas, who helped build ADM into an agribusiness giant.

According to Deering, the Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement (SWAMP) Act, originally introduced in Congress, aims to move agencies out of the bureaucracy of Washington, D.C., and into ''the heartland, closer to the people they impact the most.''
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Posted by:Fred

#10  No, to Illinois they pronounce the “L” in DeKalb.
Posted by: Beavis   2025-04-30 15:33  

#9  Putting anything in Illinois will immediately subject it to corruption.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-04-30 13:52  

#8  Outside of California and NYC, Chicago Illinois is ground zero for American Marxists. University of Chicago provides an education in the Chicago Machine which is the blueprint for commie democrats. Illinois is a horrible Idea. I concur, Iowa or Idaho.
Posted by: mossomo   2025-04-30 13:26  

#7  no to Illinois!!!
Posted by: 746   2025-04-30 12:44  

#6  Bloomington and Decatur are home to major agribusiness giants like Archer-Daniels-Midland, Gromiant, Gromark and nearby universities such as [Illinois State University] and [University of Illinois].

All that sounds like a good reason not to put it in Illinois. I vote for Iowa too.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-04-30 12:19  

#5   Going to be a huge brain drain.

Good. The ones who don’t like hanging out with, and caring for farmers should not be working for the Department of Agriculture. Better for themselves and the country when they take their huge brains and apply them in more congenial surroundings.
Posted by: trailing wife   2025-04-30 11:45  

#4  Won't attract quality talent out there.
DC has the best schools in the nation. Central Illinois? Doesn't.
Going to be a huge brain drain.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435   2025-04-30 11:37  

#3  Iowa is a great pick. Multiple world class companies are leaving Illinois and Iowa is red.
Posted by: Old Salty   2025-04-30 09:53  

#2  I good with Iowa too. Don't be building things in Priztker land.
Posted by: ed in texas   2025-04-30 08:36  

#1  Iowa. USDA needs redirection not punishment.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-04-30 07:08  

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