Mike Crapo

Idaho is a model for the type of success that can be achieved by the settlement model.

Water resource management is a critical issue everywhere, but prolonged drought conditions and inherently arid regions in western states make this issue especially important to Idaho and its neighbors.

I definitely personally would not like to see the agency be its own watchdog.

Who decides whether the agency has exceeded the budget? How is that calculated?

Let us assume that Congress were to pass a law that created a regulatory budget.

I can assure you that your testimony will be very seriously taken into consideration.

Well, there certainly, I don't think, is any substitute for involving people who know the land and who know the circumstances around it.

We want to be able to collaborate with you to be able to make that happen, rather than having rigid edicts come down.

I have said this already, but your written testimony as well as your presentations today have been very helpful.

I hear the same thing argued from the other side, folks worried that it may be utilized to force the United States to adopt standards or designations that we did not want to nor need to adopt.

If there is any group that can find bipartisan agreement, it will be us.

The ultimate goal of SIFI designation is to reduce risk, not to simply create a whole new level of regulation.

Well, thank you, Senator Scott, and I can speak for myself that at the level of this Committee and Congress, we are really glad to have someone with expertise in this industry to talk with us and work with us, and we appreciate your…

I believe that FSOC should be clearer about the relative importance of those activities in its overall designation.

Transit is often discussed in the context of large metropolitan areas and in the context of fixed rail service--but it is also important in a relatively rural State like Idaho where bus service is the option in our largest metro area.

I agree with the concerns that have been raised by my colleagues here today.

Senator Warner and Senator Toomey introduced legislation to allow companies to expand employee ownership.

My goal is to work with Senator Warner and with other Senators on the Banking Committee to identify legislative proposals that help small business grow and succeed.

I really appreciated those answers, and it seems to me that reform of our tax code and regulatory reform are probably two of the most important things we could get done.

Senator Kirk has introduced legislation that would end the double regulation of small business investment companies last Congress.

The $50 billion threshold is arbitrary and that Congress needs to determine a new threshold based upon the policy we intend to achieve.

It is a clear Second Amendment right that Americans should be allowed to exercise.

I draw a very great quote from Gifford Pinchot, who was the first chief of the Forest Service, who defined conservation as the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of mankind.

Burdening law-abiding citizens of this Country with the additional Second Amendment restrictions that this Corps is now implementing is not the answer to safeguarding the public.

This legislation only allows that the possession of firearms in those places that are open to the public and specifically exempts the Federal facilities that I think Senator Whitehouse was talking about.