2009 Audio Clips

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on November 6, 2009.  Topics include the unemployment benefits bill and his comments on the current health care proposals.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 10:22

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the unemployment benefits bill; health care; preserving funding for the Victims of Crime Act; the 2009 elections; cap and trade; and other issues before the Senate.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 13:58

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses health care; unemployment benefits legislation; cap and trade legislation; the Franken Amendment to the FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill and his work on behalf of victims of crime.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 18:10

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on October 23, 2009.  Topics include the "doc fix" bill; status of health care legislation in the Senate; and providing an opportunity for the public to view legislation before final committee votes.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 07:16

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on October 16, 2009.  This week's focus is on the advancement of Senator Baucus' health care legislation by the Senate Finance Committee.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 11:16

Mike on the Scott Hennen radio show, regarding health care and CBO score of the Baucus bill.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 16:00

Mike on the Scott Hennen radio show, regarding health care and CBO score of the Baucus bill.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 16:00

10/07/2009

Mike at news conference regarding resolution requiring a 72-hour review period before legislation is voted on.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 1:52

10/07/2009

News Conference with Mike and other Senators regarding 72-hour review period before legislation is voted on.

MP3 format: studio quality; runs 21:39

Mike's interview with Neil Cavuto on the Fox Business Channel, regarding the resignation of Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 05:09

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses health care; Idaho benefits in the Interior Appropriations Bill; Idaho budget hold-backs; Iran sanctions; and the proposed rule for the H-2A program.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 25:00

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on September 25, 2009.  This week's focus is on the markup of health care legislation by the Senate Finance Committee.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 10:20

Mike's interview with Greta Van Susteren on Fox's On The Record, discussing the Finance Committee health care reform bill mark-up.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 04:08

Mike's comments in favor of an amendment to the health care legislation that would eliminate cuts to Medicare Advantage if those beneficiaries of Medicare Advantage plans lose benefits.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 04:08

Mike's comments in favor of an amendment to the health care legislation that would require that the bill be written in legislative language--as opposed to "conceptual" language--before the committee votes on the bill.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 03:55

Mike's opening statement at a markup held by the Senate Finance Committee on health care legislation.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 09:19

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on September 18, 2009.  Topics include Amtrak's report on the Pioneer Route; federal spending; and an excerpt from his iTownhall meeting.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 7:55

iTownHall Meeting - Listen to Mike during a live, one-hour conference call with Idahoans.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 54:44

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses health care; the Senate working on appropriations bills; the 2010 census; wood safety legislation; and his upcoming iTownHall meeting.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 16:00

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on September 11, 2009.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 7:01

Mike's remarks following President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress on health care.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 1:24

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses health care; troop increases in Afghanistan; his work in Idaho; energy; the travel tourism bill; and government agencies working in collaboration.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 21:58

Listen to Mike's floor speech during Senate debate on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 16:20

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Agriculture Appropriations Bill; health care; cap and trade; cash for clunkers; and Amtrak.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 13:30

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses health care; cap and trade; the Defense Authorization bill; Sonia Sotomayor; the Community Forestry Conservation Act; and nuclear energy.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 20:02

Mike's comments on his decision to vote against the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:52

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on July 24, 2009.  Topics include conceal carry permit legislation; health care; regulation of the financial system; and an excerpt from his most recent iTownHall meeting. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 9:55

Mike discusses health care reform with Nate Shelman on NewsTalk 670 KBOI Boise.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 13:45

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses health care; cap and trade; financial reform; the Defense Authorization bill; the Clean Water Restoration Act; and gives a brief comment on the capture of Pfc Bowe Bergdahl.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 21:30

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the national deficit; health care; cap and trade; Victims of Crime Act; Federal Switchblade Act; Sonia Sotomayor; his next iTownHall meeting; and more.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 21:22

Mike's opening statement at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Water and Wildlife Subcommittee and Oversight Committee hearing on threats to native wildlife species.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 1:51

Mike's questioning of Energy Secretary Chu at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 6:13

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on June 19, 2009.  Topics include the Clean, Affordable, Reliable Energy (CARE) Act; Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA); and his introduction of Fort Hall Business Council Chairman Alonzo Coby at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 6:21

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Clean Water Restoration Act; health care; Iran; and the travel promotions bill.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 17:28

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on June 19, 2009.  Topics include health care; meeting with Judge Sonia Sotomayor; and his opposition to a bill threatening to broaden federal jurisdiction over water. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 10:18

Mike's comments during a markup by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on a bill seeking to expand federal control over water.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 2:19

Mike's comments following his meeting with Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 2:08

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the Travel Promotion Act; health care; his upcoming meeting with Judge Sonia Sotomayor; and funding for the Forest Landscape Restoration Act.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 23:36

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the tobacco regulation bill; construction at the Driggs airport; health care; energy prices; salmon and steelhead recovery efforts; and oil shale drilling.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 18:02

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on June 5, 2009.  Topics include the tobacco regulation bill; committee work being done on health care; touring the ATK Ammunition facility; meeting with the Clearwater Basin Collaborative; and his remarks to the NW Energy Coalition. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 8:36

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the tobacco regulation bill; health care; touring the ATK ammunition facilities; and the Clearwater Basin Collaborative.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 17:00

Mike discusses energy-related issues, such as renewable energy, water and endangered salmon plans, during a speech to the NW Energy Coalition.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 19:43

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on May 29, 2009.  Topics include the the Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009; completing submissions of Idahoans' stories on high energy costs; and the Army's decision to upgrade the Apache aircraft at Gowen Field. 

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 6:35

Mike's comments on introducing the Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 0:28

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses credit card legislation; crane conservation; immigration; and water infrastructure legislation.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 13:35

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses his next iTownHall meeting; completing submissions of all Idaho energy stories; continuing backcountry airmail service; social security; and water infrastructure.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 19:08

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on May 8, 2009.  Topics include increasing flexibility for those who buy and sell firearms; the nomination of Larry EchoHawk for Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; and the continuation of backcountry airmail service in Idaho.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 10:00

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses "cramdown;" seeking increased flexibility from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE); the Pioneer Route; and backcountry airmail service.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 17:45

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on May 1, 2009.  Topics include the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution; reconciliation; stopping public land fees; and National Crime Victims Week.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 09:40

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the budget; reconciliation; the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act; and this week being National Crime Victims Week.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 16:07

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on April 24, 2009.  Topics include the fiscal year 2010 budget;  public reaction to government spending; and being honored by ISU's Pi Sigma Alpha as Idaho's Statesman of the Year.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 08:28

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the budget; government spending; predatory credit card practices; and stimulus spending.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 17:05

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on April 3, 2009.  Topics include the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution; and the signing of the Owyhee Initiative.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 08:05

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the signing of the Owyhee Initiative; the Senate considering the budget; and the auto industry.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 12:07

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on March 27, 2009.  Topics include Congress' passage of the Owyhee Initiative; and amendments to the budget resolution on federal debt disclosure and protecting the victims of crime fund.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 08:02

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the budget; health care; reducing the deficit; AIG bonuses; and more.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 20:15

Mike speaks on the floor of the Senate concerning the President's FY2010 budget proposal. He also speaks about his meeting with students with the Mayor's Advisory Groups from Nampa and Caldwell.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 24:09

Mike's opening statement at a Senate Banking Committee hearing.  He speaks about the regulatory structure for financial institutions and addressed the notion of whether some financial institutions are really too big to fail.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 04:40

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on March 13, 2009. Topics include the compromised personal information of current and former INL employees; removing nuclear waste from Idaho; and the President's tax policy.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 07:25

Mike questions Secretary of Treasury Tim Geither on deficit reduction and tax policy at a hearing held by the Senate Budget Committee.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 06:04

Mike questions Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's FY 2010 budget for the Department of Energy.  Mike asks Chu about nuclear waste stored at the INL; Yucca Mountain; and the federal budget.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 08:03

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on March 6, 2009.  Topics include the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill; speaking on the floor of the Senate; and an explanation of how senators' offices in Washington D.C. are selected.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 07:59

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the omnibus appropriations bill being considered by the Senate; President Obama's budget proposal; the Fairness Doctrine; and how Senate offices in Washington DC are assigned.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 10:56

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on February 13, 2009.  Topics include the DC Voting Rights Act; reaction to President Obama's speech; and an excerpt of his address to the Idaho Legislature.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 08:14

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the DC Voting Rights Act; President Obama's address to a joint-session of Congress; bank nationalization; and the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003.

MP3 format; phone quality; runs 9:00

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on February 13, 2009.  Topics include the Senate voting on the stimulus bill; iTownHall Meeting; and mortgage relief.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 10:23

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the stimulus package being debated in the Senate expressing his concerns over the cost and effectiveness of the bill. He is also asked about the Iraq War and discusses his next iTownHall meeting scheduled for February 11.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 11:33

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on February 6, 2009.  Topics include the Senate beginning debate on the economic stimulus bill; the reintroduction of the Healthy Americans Act; and National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 7:40

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the stimulus package being debated in the Senate including differences between the House and Senate versions; the comparative cost of the bill; rushing the bill through Congress; and what he thinks can be done to stimulate the economy.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 12:33

Weekly Wrap-up Podcast - Listen to Mike comment on issues that were topics of interest for the week ending on January 16, 2009.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 7:12

Weekly News Conference - Mike discusses the progress of the Owyhee Initiative in the Senate; the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP); the possibility of another economic stimulus package and the Senate passing a resolution declaring February 2-6, 2009 as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.

MP3 format; studio quality; runs 10:39

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