11/14/2008 Simpson, Crapo, Bieter Help Retain Rail Jobs, Buy America Waiver Denied -
Washington, D.C. - The Federal Transit Authority has agreed to reject the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) waiver request of the “Buy American Act” to its federally funded procurement of at least 28 passenger rail locomotives. Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Representative Mike Simpson and Boise Mayor David Bieter had asked that the FTA deny
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10/20/2008 Simpson Returns to Washington to Question Bernanke -
Washington, D.C. - Idaho Congressman Simpson participated in a House Budget Committee hearing today where Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, testified about the federal government’s response to the financial crisis facing our nation. Simpson expressed his concern about the government’s decision to use $250 billion to purchase senior
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