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Mike Simpson

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Mike Simpson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district since 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on various issues including agriculture, energy, and public lands during his tenure in Congress. Simpson has been involved in significant legislative efforts, particularly in areas impacting Idaho's economy and natural resources.

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Feb 27, 2017

Every single elected official at every level of government representing this area, other than the President, is opposed to this monument.

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Apr 13, 2016

Bans on abortion based on race rely on anti-Black and anti-immigrant stereotypes about women of color, and constitutes a direct assault on Black motherhood.

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Mar 15, 2016

I support it. Republicans don't always criticize everything the President does.

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Mar 14, 2016

I would like to talk to you about some of the things.

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Mar 14, 2016

We look forward to your testimony today and to hearing more about your plans to lead the environmental cleanup program through its many challenges.

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Mar 14, 2016

What we need to do is solve the problem.

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Mar 14, 2016

I tell my wife all the time I am glad I am not going to live too much longer because the world is changing so rapidly, I am not sure I could keep up with it.

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Mar 14, 2016

Are you getting pressure on the Arts and Industries Building to use it for the Hispanic museum?

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Mar 14, 2016

I think the industry and regulators and others need to get together with Congress and look at alternative methods of financing these.

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Mar 14, 2016

We did not delist the wolves. All we did is tell Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue their order of delisting and that it was not subject to judicial review.

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Mar 14, 2016

We just need to take a step back and think this through.

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Mar 14, 2016

Is it the same issue relative to what caused the necessity for replacing it?

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Mar 14, 2016

It is a political answer. I give that answer all the time.

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Mar 14, 2016

If we do not want them to do that job, they should not be there. We should not hire them.

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Feb 29, 2016

At some point in time, the State of Idaho, and I suspect all of the States that have had agreements with DOE that are older, are going to have to sit down and say, 'Okay, now what do circumstances require that we do and still meet the…

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Feb 29, 2016

The reason I ask that is, have the Russians agreed to this in more than just 'Yeah, we think we could probably go along with that'?

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Feb 29, 2016

What I would need to see, frankly, is a signed agreement with Russia that this is going to be okay, because I want to know what I am getting into.

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Feb 29, 2016

you have ignored congressional direction in favor of the priorities set by extreme environmental groups and the EPA.

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Feb 29, 2016

the administration's war on coal has left 10,000 coal miners in my district laid off.

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Feb 29, 2016

I have seen too many times the Department head down a road over the years and get halfway down that road and find a fork and decide it doesn't want to go.

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Feb 29, 2016

After analyzing how this is proposed to occur, I was disappointed that Mission Innovation favors the EERE account when compared to other energy technologies.

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Feb 29, 2016

I appreciate the important work that you do.

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Feb 29, 2016

this budget request does not make the necessary investments in achieving that goal.

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Feb 29, 2016

why is the administration committed to leaving that power in the ground?

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