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Hal Rogers

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (December 31, 1937- )
    Born in Monticello, Kentucky
    Represents Kentucky's 5th district (1981- )
    Republican

Why he might be annoying:

    He used his position as chair of the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security to steer no-bid contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to a trade group with no experience in airport security that had paid for Rogers to take six trips to Hawaii and one to Ireland.
    He also tried to steer production of a system to enhance airport security to a factory in his district that was not equipped to produce the tamper proof biometric cards favored by security experts.
    He then forced the government to spend $4 million to test the factory's technology and gave part of that contract to a company that had hired his son.
    When the factory flunked the test, he delayed the process again, demanding that prototypes for new cards be built in Kentucky.
    The conservative National Review called him a 'congressional disgrace.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He worked with the Department of Homeland Security to streamline funding for state and local first responders.
    The city of Williamsburg, Kentucky, named their water park and miniature golf facility the Hal Rogers Family Entertainment Center asa 'thank you' for the federal funds he brought to his district.
    Given eastern Kentucky's low priority on any terrorist hit list, his constituents are unlikely to suffer directly from his decision to put sending pork to his district ahead of defending the country.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 95 Votes: 51.58% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 137 Votes: 53.28% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 90 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 254 Votes: 53.15% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 91 Votes: 50.55% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 60 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 120 Votes: 49.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 49.06% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 59 Votes: 47.46% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 66 Votes: 77.27% Annoying