"In a small one-room school house in Waubeka, Wisconsin, in 1885, 19 year old grade school teacher Bernard J. Cigrand rested a small, 38-star American Flag in an inkwell on his desk and asked his students to write an essay on what the flag meant to them.  This became the first formal observance of Flag Day, and from that day forward Mr. Cigrand dedicated much of his life to establishing… Read more »

 Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, has secured $3 million in funding for an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) project aimed at preventing and catching cyber attacks on our nation’s critical infrastructure. The funding is included as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations bill which was approved by the House Appropriations… Read more »

 Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced today that he has secured an additional $1 million for the Idaho Meth Project in the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill. “My wife Kathy and I have been so impressed by the Idaho Meth Project and the positive results it is achieving across the state,” said Simpson.… Read more »

 Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, today challenged Energy Secretary Steven Chu to be specific about the Obama Administrations alternatives to Yucca Mountain. Simpson also asked the Secretary to aggressively support the Next Generation Nuclear Plant and other nuclear energy research initiatives. In his… Read more »

"These days we are all frustrated with the economy and, quite frankly, by the government’s response to the crisis.  American families are feeling hit on every side by the economic downturn.  Many businesses are struggling, and families are trying to make ends meet in the face of possible unemployment.  In challenging times like these, families and businesses carefully weigh their… Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a Co-Chair of the House Sugar Caucus, today wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to resist calls for increased sugar imports from Mexico and other nations. Read more »

Legislation coming through Congress this week provides a great example of a way that the federal government can do good work to really stimulate the economy without raising taxes and spending hundreds of billions of dollars. Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson is urging President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to put an end to the ongoing government-sponsored destruction of privately-owned automobile dealerships in Idaho and across the country. Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined his colleagues in introducing legislation (H.R. 2345) that would exclude small health care practices – those with 20 or fewer employees – from the Red Flags rule. The Red Flag Rule is part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACT Act) and would require health care professions to follow similar regulations as financial institutions… Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined colleagues in sending a letters to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert M. Mueller, III and to Attorney General Holder to encourage both to implement the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 thoughtfully and forcefully.  The legislation reauthorized existing anti-trafficking programs, widened… Read more »