Mike Simpson

Not because I don't care about sage grouse, but right now, we have got the States, we have got private landowners, and we have got the Federal Government working together.

Collaboration between private forest owners and State and Federal agencies has proven to drive conservation outcomes.

I have said this before, but it is important to repeat it: as the Nation faces record inflation, we must be very conscious of our decisions on this committee to not saddle future generations with unnecessary economic burdens and further…

I look forward to working with you on a lot of these very complex issues that the EPA deals with.

I would think twice about going out and fighting wildfire if they didn't have the ability to suppress these catastrophic wildfires with fire retardant.

I joined my colleagues in introducing legislation to make sure that doesn't happen.

The other thing we are trying to look at is trying to slow down inflation, and inflation has been caused by all the excessive spending.

The reason I voted against it is because they kicked the can down the road on the tough issue, and that is how you are going to pay for it in the future.

We have got billions, I mean billions of dollars sitting out there in COVID relief, and we can't find out where it is.

The horrendous inflation that we have seen, and every economist that I have ever talked to has said that it is caused by excessive spending by the Federal Government.

We need to get busy on providing some of these critical minerals in this country.

Somehow we have got to address that, but this will kind of exacerbate that problem, which doesn't mean it shouldn't occur.

The reality is nobody knows yet. We don't know yet what this is going to be.

The only way you are going to save these salmons is to remove these dams.

So I appreciate what you have to say, and we will certainly work with you as we try to put together a 2024 budget that isn't ridiculous.

It is the most important issue that I have been working on in Congress in the 24 years I have been here.

Idaho salmon runs particularly interest me because I am from Idaho obviously, but they are going to go extinct if we don't do something.

We have that same obligation, and that is called meeting the treaty obligations that we have made in this country over the years that we haven't done.

Mandatory advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service is absolutely key.

The abuse of Native American women in this country is horrendous.

Those fishing rights, those reserved fishing rights don't mean anything if there is no fish.

I look forward to working with the Ranking Member Pingree to advance programs that help conserve and protect our Nation's most critical natural, cultural, and environmental resources.

I want to ensure that all institutions in my district and across the country with track records of success can continue to serve their McNair scholars.

It is the four H's. It is the hydro. It is the habitat. It is the harvest management. It is the hatcheries.

We got to improve the habitat.