Mike Simpson: “Our prayers and thoughts go out to all your members and hope that they are safe in this environment that seems to happen…”

Rural counties across Idaho depend on the Secure Rural Schools program.

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

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.