As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs.

Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually.

Millions of Americans, adults and children, lack access to dental care.

For small businesses, regulatory burdens can be overwhelming.

A fresh pair of eyes can often find problems.

For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho.

Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects.