I wouldn't be surpirsed if they were kin.
Of course it doesn't hurt having the Prince of Pork, Hal Rodgers as chairman of the House Appropiations Committee either. He too hails from Kentucky and has brought over $26 billion of federal money back to his home state over the last ten years.
Hal Rogers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hal Rogers (R-Kentucky), a 16-term Congressmen who known for funneling taxpayer money for pet projects in his district – and far beyond. Roger’s has brought so much federal money to his hometown (Somerset, Kentucky; population 11,000) that it is known as Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. There’s a $52 million National Center for Hometown Security. The tiny airport that received $17 million in federal dollars but has so little traffic that the last commercial airline pulled out in February. And then there’s the Hal Rogers Parkway, which was formerly known as the Daniel Boone Parkway before being renaming for Kentucky’s Prince of Pork. Most recently, Rogers pushed through a $5 million dollar measure this year for conservation groups that work with endangered wild cats.
It just so happens that one of the few groups eligible is the Namibia-based Cheetah Conservation Fund. Who works for them? The Congressman’s daughter. Over the past two years, Rogers has pushed through 135 earmarks at a cost of $246 million......
Spending cuts? From these guys? Republicans Poised to Make
Oh look, he gave money to his kin. too.