 All the EPA is doing is they're basically implementing the law that Congress passes. So maybe the chairman needs to maybe take a look in the mirror. But Vilsack's taking the onus off EPA comes after years of lawmaker and farm group criticism of the agency and its WOTUS, pesticide, livestock air emissions, and meat plant effluent rulemakings. Chair Glenn Thompson says sometimes on herbicide and vulnerable species plans, USDA raises concerns.