Mike Simpson actually said...

"You also have to look at the entitlement programs which this budget totally left out, in terms of reform of the entitlement programs."

"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."