I will guarantee--well, I won't guarantee anything, but I will strongly suggest there won't be an appropriation bill that passes that doesn't have a restriction on funding of this rule in it for both the Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA.
Simpson expresses skepticism about a clean water rule and its funding restrictions.
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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.
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.
But I’ve said from the beginning: We’re not going to try to balance the budget on the back of the tribes.
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