Dirk Kempthorne: “My commitment to you is that, if confirmed, I will work to see that the decisions of the Service are based on science…”

The driving urgency of the program is to have shovel-ready projects that create jobs that can help alleviate the economic suffering.

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…

Senator, yes, because we must have greater transparency; we must have greater communication.

The UI's proposal would give rural Idahoans, who must deal with the lowest physician to patient ratio in the nation, access to better health care. It would give my state's rural economy a boost with real-time access to its customers. It…