Dirk Kempthorne: “The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory is a key DOE facility located in my State, and I am very concerned that it be…”

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…

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

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

As my distinguished colleague points out, the original provision was limited, focusing on increased efficiency and, wherever appropriate, information coordination. Congress did not intend to authorize a provision that created a sweeping…