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

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.

The solution is to first create an integrated economic development and recreation plan that addresses the needs of the people who live and recreate in central Idaho.

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.

Recent demonstration projects have shown that with some Federal support, a little funding can go a long way toward ensuring that low-income children have access to good oral health care.

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

There is no disputing the fact that American consumers pay 30 to 300 percent more for the same prescription drugs as our counterparts in Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world.

It's crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by consumers in the form a higher drug prices.

Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks.

The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans.

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

Trying to see the face of the future? Know ye not that the future has infinite faces?

Time is measured in meaning

Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.

A good teacher is a determined person.

I'm a travel enthusiast.

If you're functional, it doesn't matter if you're mad.

Children can find other children to be pals. Children need fathers to be fathers.

I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.

The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.