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U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) met with community members in his hometown of Blackfoot on Wednesday. The Greater Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce hosted a luncheon with Simpson at the local Elks Lodge, where he addressed current national political and policy developments, as well as his stance on certain hot-button issues.

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Republican Congressman Mike Simpson said he was once in the middle of a PBS meeting when staff handed him the phone. The fire department was calling to say his townhouse was ablaze. Simpson continued the meeting and didn’t find out until later that his house had burned down, leaving him with only the clothes he had worn to work that morning.

I am not in the habit of quoting leftist Noam Chomsky, but this line seems relevant when one considers our growing national debt: “When you tr…