2008 Audio Clips

Mike discusses the FAA Reauthorization Bill; progress on the Farm Bill; his upcoming iTownHall meeting; the Healthy Americans Act and the announcement that Bonneville County will be the site of a new $2 billion uranium enrichment plant. 

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 15:05

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on May 2, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 4:46

Mike's comments at a press conference about the Healthy Americans Act following a briefing from the Congressional Budget Office. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 1:05

Mike discusses the newly-proposed regulation from the Department of Interior regarding firearms on certain public lands. 

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:44

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the FAA Reauthorization Bill; economic stimulus checks; the rise of gas prices; the Farm Bill and his upcoming iTownHall meeting. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 20:43

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on April 25, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 3:31 

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Owyhee Initiative; Farm Bill; Nuclear Energy and other issued before Congress. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 9:30

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on April 18, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 5:50 

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Highway Technical Corrections Bill; the Owyhee Initiative; County Payments and PILT; the Farm Bill; his Endangered Species Recovery Act tax provisions; and the Minidoka Internment National Monument. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 18:00

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest, including the re-introduction of the Owyhee Initiative, for the week ending on April 11, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 4:55 

Mike is joined by Owyhee Initiative Work Group Chairmen Fred Grant and Craig Gehrke to announce the re-introduction of the Owyhee Initiative. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 19:20

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Housing Stimulus Bill; the Public Lands Bill; the Department of Treasury's financial regulatory proposal; states' ability to tax companies; and the Farm Bill. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 15:24

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on April 4, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 5:25 

Mike comments during a news conference by members of the Fiscal Reform Working Group making their recommendations public on greater accountability on earmarks.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 2:00

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Housing Stimulus Bill; the Treasury Department’s Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure; the U.S.-Columbia Free Trade Agreement; profits for oil companies and the rising cost of fuel. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 20:53

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to a special edition of the podcast highlighting the transition to digital television.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 8:05 

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on March 14, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 7:09 

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the budget resolution; rising cost of energy; County Payments and the effectiveness of Daylight Saving Time. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 8:03

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on March 7, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 6:00 

Mike's comments on the insertion of language into the coming year’s federal budget blueprint to assist with an extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, commonly called county payments.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:41

Mike's comments in the Senate Budget Committee prior to the committee voting on his amendment to the budget resolution.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 0:37

Mike offers an amendment to the budget resolution during mark up by the Senate Budget Committee.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 1:40

Listen to Mike's remarks on the floor of the Senate on the budget and the challenges faced because of entitlement spending.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 11:15

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Consumer Protection Safety Commission bill; the budget process; U.S.-Cuba relations; the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA); and other issues. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 16:03

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on February 29, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 5:54 

Mike urges the Bush Administration to re-evaluate U.S. policy regarding Cuba.  He joined 23 other senators in sending a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice requesting the new assessment. 

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:27

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the upcoming votes to withdraw funding for the troops in Iraq; the President's proposed budget; entitlement spending; and his response from Secretary of the Interior Kempthorne on federal gun regulations. 

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 12:33

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on February 15, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 5:11 

Mike talks about hosting a series of Digital Television transition informational forums. 

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:23

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); President's budget; Forest Landscape Restoration Act; Owyhee Initiative and energy exchange credits. 

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 8:25

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on February 8, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 14:40 

Listen to Mike's opening statement at the Banking Committee hearing on Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) Regulation and Reform.  He discusses the need to establish a strong, independent regulator and the debate about how housing GSEs should meeting the affordable housing mission.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 2:16

Listen to Mike question witnesses during the Banking Committee hearing on GSE Regulation and Reform.  Questions are focused on whether the Federal Home Loan Banks should be included in the jurisdiction of the new regulator.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 7:00

iTownHall meeting for February 2008.  Idahoans ask Mike questions about issues before Congress.  The issues covered include immigration, economic stimulus, taxes, federal spending, citizen involvement in politics.

MP3 format; studio and phone quality; runs 60:00

Listen to Mike speak on the floor of the Senate regarding the need to extend county payments and fully fund Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT).

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 8:09 

Mike comments on the unveiling of the President's proposed budget for 2009.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:43 

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on February 1, 2008.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 6:27 

Listen to Mike's reaction to the President's State of the Union address.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 1:22 

Mike comments on the passing of LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:50 

Listen to Mike's speech at the Energy Solutions Customer Conference regarding nuclear energy.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 18:30 

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