Russ Fulcher: “The pandemic is over, and I expect the Secretary to take ownership of his bureaucracy's responsibility to America's…”

However, the lack of consistent geothermal lease sales and the slow federal permitting process result in timelines longer than many other energy projects.

I’m grateful to AARP Idaho for hosting this telephone town hall and giving Idahoans another venue to share their counsel, ask questions, and hear directly from me about the work being done in Washington, D.C., and what’s ahead in Congress.

I’m proud to sign on to this legislation to protect the privacy rights of Idahoans from increasingly intrusive surveillance data collection and to prohibit the widespread deployment of such surveillance tools with federal dollars.

The reason for the lack of support has been because about 85% of the +/- $1.5 trillion in spending has been ear-marked for the SNAP (food-stamps) program.