Dirk Kempthorne: “The driving urgency of the program is to have shovel-ready projects that create jobs that can help alleviate the…”

I agree. They object to the scope of the proposed EFH program and are concerned that it will subject activities, including land development, agriculture, water supply, forestry, and mining, to the jurisdiction of the Fishery Management…

As chairman of the Drinking Water Fisheries and Wildlife Subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee, I am concerned that the National Marine Fisheries Service's guidelines on essential fish habitat have exceeded the scope…

Simply put, we are in a state of emergency. Whether it be low commodity prices, lack of export markets or too many government restrictions, farmers are facing catastrophes from every angle. If we are truly going to take steps to fix this…

They are, as Wallace Stegner famously said, America's best idea.