Press Releases

For the past eight years groups around the state have been working voluntarily and in good faith to preserve Idaho's sage grouse habitat. The listing of the sage grouse as a candidate species does not add any additional resources, other than greater federal oversight. While we do not believe greater oversight is necessary, the state, conservation groups, permittees and recreationists will continue to find ways to reverse the decline of sage grouse habitat.

At a time when communities are struggling to keep jobs and meet other onerous federal mandates, it is important that the EPA partner with communities rather than dictate to them. I believe this legislation is a reasonable approach that will encourage cooperation, protect our drinking water and set up a working group process for small communities.

Yucca is one of the most studied pieces of ground on the planet and dozens of scientific studies over the past decade have clearly shown it is the best place to store nuclear waste.

Washington, DC – Idaho’s Congressional Delegation is asking the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service not to cut discounts for senior citizens and disabled Americans under the Interagency Pass Program. The program provides discounted use rates for activities on Forest Service lands, but a plan is under discussion to reduce the discounts from 50% down […]

We have been in regular communication with the State Department from the beginning of this situation, as well as working with the families of those involved. Our first concern has been that all ten of the detainees have their physical and medical needs met, as well as access to legal representation.

Our national debt is already more than $40,000 for every man, woman and child. Increasing that obligation by an additional 10 percent is not the kind of leadership Idaho and America need.

We are in steady contact with the U.S. State Department and the U.S. offices in Port-au-Prince regarding the holding of the 10 Americans, many of them from Idaho. We are working with the State Department to monitor the safety of these Idahoans and to make sure they have adequate food, water, medical care and proper housing. We hope for their return to the United States as quickly as possible.

I strongly oppose the increase in the debt limit to $14.3 trillion. This debt is equivalent to $40,000 for every person in the United States. This was a straight party line vote and puts off having to raise it again until after the November elections. This increase is troubling because there is no plan in place to get our spending under control. At this rate our debt will double in 5 years and triple in 10.

“This legislation gives the Forest Service another tool to protect some of the most rugged and scenic parcels of lands in all of Idaho while balancing the rights of those who used the land before it became wilderness area.”

I was stunned by his continued push to enact a tax-increasing, premium-increasing and Medicare-reducing health care bill that the vast majority of Americans said they don't want. I really thought after last week's election in the most liberal state in America he would get it. He doesn't.