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Fiscally responsible funding
I firmly believe in the principles of limited government and maintaining a balanced budget, and have worked diligently to return the federal government to firmer financial footing. Within those limitations, I will fight for Idaho priorities, and for projects that
• are fiscally responsible,
• cannot be accomplished without federal help, and
• demonstrate a national benefit or are consistent with already-authorized national programs.
Each year, I receive hundreds of applications for assistance in securing federal funding for specific Idaho or regional projects and programs, as well as for national programs. I carefully review each project and program to ensure that it is fiscally responsible and fulfills specific Idaho or national needs that would otherwise not be met.
Initiatives
In fiscal year 2008, Congressman Mike Simpson and I were successful in securing support for the following projects that benefit Idaho:
(Please access the Idaho Initiatives Archive for information about projects funded between FY1998 and FY2007.)
| Labor/Health and Human Services/Education | |
| Special Olympics World Winter Games | $7,500,000 |
| Literacy Matters! Program | $292,000 |
| Library Technology Upgrades at College of Idaho | $292,000 |
| SySTEMic Solution: Plant Early for STEM Learning at BSU | $195,000 |
| Discovery Center of Idaho | $243,000 |
| Idaho Women Work! Program | $97,000 |
| Advanced Clinical Simulation Laboratory at ISU | $243,000 |
| Pro-Tech Program at CSI | $243,000 |
| Gateway to Math Program at UI | $121,000 |
| Idaho Caring Foundation Dental Project | $292,000 |
| Emergency Preparedness Initiative at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | $243,000 |
| Children's Home Society of Idaho Bridge Project for Foster Children | $219,000 |
| New Nursing Facility Equipment at NNU | $438,000 |
| Children's Health Services Expansion at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center | $487,000 |
| North Idaho Rural Health Consortium | $243,000 |
| American Indian Students in Leadership of Education at LCSC | $187,000 |
| Information Technology Upgrades at Gritman Medical Center | $487,000 |
| Cooperative Telehealth Network at Porneuf Medical Center | $341,000 |
| Teton Valley Hospital Revitalization Project | $243,000 |
| United Way Detox Center in the Treasure Valley | $390,000 |
| Homeland Security | |
| Wildfire Mitigation | $600,000 |
| Energy and Water | |
| Idaho Cleanup Project | $513,000,000 |
| Next Generation Nuclear Plant | $116,000,000 |
| Advanced Test Reactor | $9,837,000 |
| Buildings 651 and 691 | $14,800,000 |
| Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative | $181,000,000 |
| Rural Idaho Water Infrastructure (Cities of Donnelly, Smelterville, Rupert, and Dear) | $4,064,000 |
| Lower Boise River Improvements | $175,000 |
| Commerce/Justice/State | |
| CHILD Project for multiple County Sheriff's Offices | $47,000 |
| Idaho Department of Corrections for Enhanced Offender Management | $1,222,000 |
| Idaho State Police for a Criminal Information Sharing Network | $1,128,000 |
| Idaho Department of Corrections Web-Based Offender Information Project | $47,000 |
| Nez Perce Program to Combat Child Abuse | $141,000 |
| Improved Hydrologic Modeling Program at BSU | $94,000 |
| Land Management Observation Program | $141,000 |
| Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund | $67,000,000 |
| Interior | |
| Noxious Weeds Management | $1,000,000 |
| Boise District Fire Sprinklers | $330,000 |
| Lemhi River TMDL Road Maintenance | $2,368,000 |
| Upper Snake/South Fork Land Acquisition | $1,250,000 |
| Recovery of the California Condor and the Aplomado Falcon | $400,000 |
| Sage Grouse Management Plan | $250,000 |
| Wolf Monitoring | $250,000 |
| Chesterfield Historic Schoolhouse Preservation | $300,000 |
| Historic Wilson Theater Restoration in Rupert | $200,000 |
| US-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty Program | $1,800,000 |
| National Rural Water Program Multi State | $7,700,000 |
| Water Systems Council Wellcare | $700,000 |
| Forest Legacy Gold Creek Ranch Conservation | $1,600,000 |
| Idaho Panhandle National Forest Avery Ranger Station | $884,000 |
| Thunder Mountain Land Acquisition | $900,000 |
| FRAMES at UI | $650,000 |
| City of Marsing Water System Reconstruction Project | $432,000 |
| City of Hazelton Wasewater System Improvements Project | $469,000 |
| City of St. Anthony Wastewater Collection and Treatment Improvements | $562,000 |
| City of Rexburg Storm Water Infrastructure Design & Improvements | $137,000 |
| City of Buhl Arsenic Removal / Water System Project | $300,000 |
| City of Twin Falls STAG Grant for Auger Falls Wastewater Project | $500,000 |
| Agriculture | |
| Nez Perce Bio-Control Center | $188,000 |
| Potato Cyst Nematode Eradication Program | $9,600,000 |
| Tri-State Predator Control | $993,000 |
| Hagerman Fish Culter Experiment Station | $700,000 |
| Aquaculture Research at Aberdeen | $629,000 |
| National Plant Germplasm Research at Aberdeen | $97,000 |
| "Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research in Corvallis, OR" | $646,000 |
| Rainbow Trout Research at Aberdeen | $1,094,000 |
| "Potato Enhancement Research in Prosser, WA" | $288,000 |
| Sugarbeet Research at Kimberly | $703,000 |
| Sustainable Feeds Research at Aberdeen | $99,000 |
| "Viticulture Research in Corvallis, OR" | $853,000 |
| Aquaculture Research in Idaho and Washington | $567,000 |
| Barley for Rural Development Research at UI | $551,000 |
| Grass Seed Cropping for Sustainable Agriculture | $335,000 |
| Increasing Shelf Life of Ag Commodities at UI | $647,000 |
| Potato Cyst Nematode Research | $375,000 |
| Multi State Potato Variety Research at UI | $1,112,000 |
| Regional Barley Gene Mapping Program | $506,000 |
| "Small Fruits Research in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington" | $329,000 |
| Wood Utilization Multi-State Program | $4,875,000 |
| Idaho One Plan | $143,000 |
| Aegilops Cylandrica in Idaho and Washington | $263,000 |
| STEEP III Water Quality in the Northwest at UI | $476,000 |
| Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee | $697,000 |
| Johne's Disease Management for cattle | $10,613,000 |
| Cool Season Legume Research at UI | $419,000 |
| Little Wood River Irrigation District | $144,000 |
| Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development | |
| Boise Airport Control Tower | $8,892,520 |
| Boise Airport Planning/Design to Widen/Lengthen Runway | $750,000 |
| Widening US 30 McCammon to Topaz Bridge | $350,000 |
| City of Rocks Back Country Byway | $3,950,000 |
| FH 24 Banks to Lowman | $500,000 |
| I-84 Curtis Road to Broadway Interchange | $1,500,000 |
| Student Safety Initiative at CSI | $480,000 |
| "I-84, Exit 29 Franklin Road" | $480,000 |
| Lewiston Partnership Project | $240,000 |
| Widening US 95 Thorncreek Road to Moscow | $500,000 |
| Idaho Transit Coalition for Buses and Bus Facilities | $3,212,000 |
| Treasure Valley Transit Facilities | $288,000 |
| Purchase of Middle School Buildings in Custer County | $100,000 |
| Historic Wilson Theater Restoration in Rupert | $150,000 |
| City of Boise Geothermal System Expansion | $175,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Magic Valley in Buhl | $175,000 |
| "Development Workshop Vocational Training, Education, and Employment Center in Idaho Falls" | $300,000 |
| United Way Treasure Valley Detox Center | $175,000 |
| Pocatello Community Recreation Center | $140,000 |
| Western Elmore County Recreation Center | $300,000 |
| Military Construction | |
| Gowen Field Training Area Railhead | $7,615,000 |
| Orchard Training Area urban Assault Course | $1,700,000 |
| Mountain Home Logistics Readiness Center | $1,593,000 |