Mike Simpson: “As a Western member of Congress, fire is far too familiar to the communities in my home State of Idaho and across the…”

But I’ve said from the beginning: We’re not going to try to balance the budget on the back of the tribes.

We’re not going to tear down and bulldoze the Kennedy Center.

I regularly hear from farmers, ranchers, and producers in Idaho, and their main concern over the years has been when Congress will reauthorize the Farm Bill.

We put a bunch more money into tribal justice, and that’s hard in a year when we’re trying to reduce spending at the federal level.