Idaho Delegation Members Announces Federal Transit Funding Coming to Idaho Washington, D.C. – Members of the Idaho Delegation announced that Idaho will receive over $60 million in federal funding allocations to the transit industry following the President’s signing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)… Read more »

Simpson Encourages Innovative Approach to COVID-19 Vaccine Letter to VP Pence raises need for timely response to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments Washington, D.C. - On Monday, Congressman Mike Simpson (ID-02) sent a letter to Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, encouraging the Coronavirus Task Force to explore innovative… Read more »

Idaho Delegation Urges USDA to Provide Immediate Assistance to Cattle Producers   WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and James Risch along with Congressmen Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting that he… Read more »

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Idaho Congressmen Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher joined Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) along with 15 other members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest Region sending Vice President Pence a joint letter expressing the great need for ventilators for the region. The most recent data from… Read more »

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Washington, D.C. – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson issued the following statement about the bipartisan coronavirus supplemental package passed by the House:   “I fully support President Trump’s call to pass the second emergency supplemental package in response to COVID-19. That is why I cast my vote in favor of H.R. 6201, which delivers on the urgent needs our country… Read more »

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  Idaho Delegation Applauds Trump Administration Rewrite on Water Policy EPA and Corps finalize new rule on WOTUS giving farmers and ranchers clarity Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced the final rule for the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. The rule provides clarity to the federal-state… Read more »

Boise, ID – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson issued the following statement on how he would have voted today on the War Powers Resolution. “Now more than ever, the U.S. must show strength and unity in the face of an aggressive Iran.  I support President Trump in taking decisive action to bring an avowed terrorist and enemy of the United States to justice,” said… Read more »