Mike Simpson actually said...

"It is nobody's desire to shut down the government; what we want to do is reduce spending."

"If this were easy it would have been done by now."

"S. 3294 is a well-constructed piece of legislation that is the right thing to do for Central Idaho both economically and ecologically."

"Many Idahoans have decided that leaving land management in the Boulder-White Clouds in flux, as wilderness study areas and under the threat of closures and lawsuits, is not acceptable."