Mike Simpson

Last week over 100 House members wrote a letter supporting the modernization of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The letter, spearheaded by Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse and House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, encourages environmental leadership while eliminating the “negative effects of permitting delays for critical infrastructure projects” across the country. “We const ... R

Members of the Ag Community and the House of Representatives will hold a press conference Wednesday, asking the Senate to address the Ag Labor Shortage.  And one of the pieces of legislation that looks to address the Ag Labor Crisis is the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act.  ...

On Wednesday, leaders from the potato and apple industries will call on the Senate to pass Ag labor reform.  During this week’s press conference, members of the farm community and of the House of Representatives will ask the Senate to vote on legislation addressing the Ag Labor crisis.  Specific...

On Monday, over 300 Ag groups sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy supporting House Resolution 5038, better known as  the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.  The bipartisan legislation led by Central Washington's Dan Newhouse, Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta, both from California, as well as Idaho's Mike Simpson and Florida's Mario Diaz-Balart, addresses the

On Wednesday, Representative Dan Newhouse joined a bipartisan group of House members to introduce the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.  Newhouse said the legislation is a compromised solution for the needs of American Farmers, adding the legislation will attempt to meet in the middle when it comes to the needs of agriculture and labor groups which have long disagreed on how best to fix the farm l

Members of the Congressional Western Caucus issued a statement condemning obstruction of active fire management policies by Senate Democrats.  The statement says the 2018 deadly and destructive wildfire season has further solidified the need for active forest management provisions found in the House-passed Farm Bill.  The gro...

All four members of Idaho’s congressional delegation have earned the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Friend of Farm Bureau Award for their efforts during the 115th Congress.  Idaho farm Bureau says senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, along with Representatives Raul Labrador and  Mike Simpson, will receive the awards in the coming weeks at various locations.   The Friend of Far...

On Tuesday, Representative Dan Newhouse led 43 members in a bipartisan request that market development programs be reauthorized.  The Bipartisan request was sent to House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway and Ranking Member Collin Peterson.  Th...