Joins 22 other Members in sending letter to President opposing the imposition of “an energy tax by regulatory fiat” Read more »

Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson - “This Administration's appetite for new regulations and disregard for the will of Congress have left us with little choice but to block his climate change agenda in this bill.” Read more »

Simpson includes provisions to reauthorize PILT funding, renew grazing permits, delay listing of sage-grouse and prevent EPA from expanding jurisdiction of navigable waters Read more »

 Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson has cosponsored H.R. 2707, the Clean Water Compliance and Ratepayer Affordability Act of 2013, which gives communities flexibility in dealing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clean water regulations. This bill will direct the EPA to work with municipalities that are seeking to develop and implement integrated plans to meet their wastewater… Read more »

Idaho Congressman joins colleagues in sending letter to IRS Commissioner demanding answers Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today supported two bills that would delay implementation of two of the most controversial provisions of Obamacare that are scheduled to come into effect in January 2014.  Both passed in the House of Representatives. The first, H.R. 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act, would codify a previous declaration in a blog post by the Obama Administration… Read more »

Simpson says legislation supports nuclear energy Read more »

U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) today led a meeting with other members of Congress and top officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to directly convey concerns they have heard from Oregon and Idaho onion farmers and fruit growers about new water quality rules that could cripple family farms nationwide. Walden and Simpson invited the FDA officials to… Read more »

House passes bill to expand offshore energy production, create jobs, and reduce dependence on foreign oil Read more »

“This past weekend the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) presented an updated cost estimate of Obamacare, and like many updated estimates before it, this one paints the long term impact of the law in a much less favorable light then was originally promised by its supporters. “While we already know that the long-term cost of the bill will add enormously to the national debt,… Read more »