Mike Simpson: “We can't ignore that we have betrayed the trust of many people in the past because we haven't done some of this mining…”

I’m pleased to see these funds allocated to help Idaho schools, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects.

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.

Since the president has closed the border, I think we can get this done.

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