Washington, D.C. – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, a senior member of the House Budget Committee, questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Dr. Ben Bernanke in a hearing today entitled, “The State of the U.S. Economy.”   “I’ve been a member of this committee with the chairman for eight years now. For eight years we have had economists and other experts tell us we have a structural… Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, joined his Republican colleagues in passing H.R. 1173, which repeals the flawed and now defunct Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS Act).  The bill passed 267 to 159. The CLASS program, a new entitlement program for long-term care insurance, was instituted as a part of President Obama’s health care bill, but has since been… Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson issued the following statement after President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight.  “I am frustrated that the president persists in playing politics with the issue of tax reform.  Dividing Americans for political gain is not tax reform, and putting Band-Aids on our broken tax code does nothing to fix it. What we really need is for… Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson announces the addition of a congressional fellow with his Washington, D.C., staff. Chad Boyer is a nuclear engineer with diverse experience in the electric power industry and is currently serving as a congressional fellow in Simpson’s office. Boyer was the Lead Mechanical Engineer at the Shaw Power Group for the new nuclear power plants located in… Read more »

 Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined his Republican colleagues and cosponsored a resolution disapproving of the president’s recent appointments because of the manner in which they were made.  There are currently 71 other cosponsors of this resolution, which was introduced today. “Not only do the president’s sudden appointments made while Congress was not in session… Read more »

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson is pleased to announce the following men and women as official nominees to the United States military academies. “It is an honor to nominate Idaho students to the military academies,” said Simpson. “I am always impressed by the quality and character of our youth in Idaho. Each person is a fine example of what our state has to offer. They are bright,… Read more »

Idaho Congressmen support effort in House to reject two-month payroll tax extension bill, support conference committee process for full-year extension Read more »

Idaho Congressman says Energy Department funding bill allows progress at Idaho National Laboratory to continue on nuclear energy research and development Read more »

Chairman of Interior Subcommittee imposes litigation reforms, increases transparency for Department of Interior, EPA, and Forest Service Read more »

Simpson, Crapo, Risch, seek to overturn court decision that could cripple timber industry Read more »