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MOSES LAKE — With 55 years of experience fishing the Columbia River and tributaries around the state, as well as 31 years of experience as a fishing guide, the majority of Moses Lake resident Rick Graser’s adult life has been devoted to the fishing industry in some shape or form. A longtime problem with sea […]
A proposal to recycle spent naval nuclear fuel for use in advanced nuclear reactors passed the full Senate on Wednesday. The $15 million amendment to the Fiscal Year 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which was backed by Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., was adopted by the full Senate […]
MOSES LAKE — With 55 years of experience fishing the Columbia River and tributaries around the state, as well as 31 years of experience as a fishing guide, the majority of Moses Lake resident Rick Graser’s adult life has been devoted to the fishing industry in some shape or form. A longtime problem with sea […]
The political divisiveness in Washington, D.C., may make advancing sensible legislation seem nearly impossible. But, legislation ending fire borrowing was pushed over the finish line by a group of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and both Houses of Congress. I have been proud to be a part of this effort that will better […]
A future arms agreement between the United States and North Korea should be submitted to the Senate for ratification and the failure to seek advice and consent doomed Obama administration’s Iran nuclear deal, a leading senator says. Sen. Jim Risch (R., Idaho), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he has discussed […]
Once the talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended, the reactions from Congress quickly poured in. On the GOP side, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell applauded the progress made so far. “As Secretary [Mike] Pompeo has reiterated, the goal of the United States is the ‘complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization […]
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, clarified Tuesday that rather than attend all future negotiations with North Korea, he and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, will “interface” with the Trump Administration “as they negotiate these things.” “Our job is advice and consent, and it’s going to be our intent to do exactly that as we go […]
Washington DC (670 KBOI News) – A day after the summit meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator, Chairman Kim Jong Un, Idaho Senator Jim Risch says it was a good first step, but now the work starts toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. On a conference call with Idaho reporters, he said they have to […]
President Trump deserves credit for turning relations with North Korea around, says Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, but more work needs to be done and more nuance is needed on the issue of the future of military exercises with South Korea. Risch joins Judy Woodruff to discuss first steps in North Korea diplomacy, the issue of […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Jim RIsch (R-Idaho) is part of a national security working group expected to attend possible future negotiations with North Korea after yesterday’s historic summit in Singapore. Risch will co-chair the group with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California). Sen. Risch sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Representatives from the working group would act as […]