There was a time in American history when human beings were not considered to be fully human. Southern plantation owners saw African slaves as property, having the same value as an ox or horse. Southern politicians did their best to avoid talking about the actual horrors of chattel slavery, preferring instead to use euphemisms like […]
I am writing this first as a mom. I am a mother who has sent her children into Idaho’s public education system and trusted that system to teach them, support them and prepare them for their futures. I am also a mother whose child struggled deeply within that system. That experience eventually led me into […]
Dear Friends, This week, I was honored and humbled to present the Idaho Medal of Honor to nine recipients – law enforcement and firefighters – for acts of courage that went far beyond what their jobs required. Given what society already demands of these public servants on an average day, their actions speak volumes about their […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 31, 2026CONTACT: Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released the following statement after co-sponsoring H.R. 9716, the Protecting Rights in Video and Equipment Acquired Discovery (PRIVACY) Act. “I’m proud to sign on to this legislation to protect the privacy rights of Idahoans from increasingly intrusive surveillance data collection and to […]
I constantly hear on the news from both conservative and liberal media that Americans are complaining about unaffordability and how families are struggling to make ends meet under the Trump Administration. Well, it is high time that middle America woke up and discovered that it is not Trump’s fault that things are unaffordable. The left […]
In my class, I like to ask students a simple question: what’s the first word in the US Constitution after the Preamble? Most guess wrong. Look it up yourself — it’s “All.” The full sentence: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.” Not most. Not some, subject […]
Proponents of abortion, and of Proposition 1 here in Idaho, want to steer the conversation toward vague concepts of healthcare, freedom, choice, and rare edge cases while avoiding the obvious: abortion is the deliberate destruction of a human life. Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg of a deep sickness in modern culture. […]
I have lived in Idaho my entire life. I’d tell you about its unmatched beauty, its tight-knit communities and the peace and safety we’re blessed to have, but that would encourage more people to move here and we have more than enough people moving in as it is. In Fact, the only thing that prevents […]
Like flock cameras, data centers are the latest issue for opposition. Among many issues, their massive use of water resources, excessive need for electricity, and of course, their purpose of storing and analyzing data that citizens are being robbed of are all at the top of the list for opposition. But these centers are behind […]
For years Meta assured parents that Instagram was safe for their children while its own internal records documented what the platform was doing to them. This week the company agreed to pay $17.1 billion and to rebuild how Facebook and Instagram work for children. Idaho will receive between $89.2 million and $127.7 million of that, […]
Healthcare has been a constant government obsession for decades, and over the years has continued to take gradual control over it. What is befuddling is the motive behind doing so. It is unclear just exactly what the fascination is that motivates the government to stick its nose into a person’s private health matters. Not being […]
Recently, the Department of the Interior announced Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2025, with Idaho receiving $43 million. Although modest in its funding level, PILT is a critically important program that rural communities across the Gem State depend on. It was designed to be an ‘offset’ revenue mechanism to replace the absence […]