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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) Five U.S. Senators from western states introduced a bill to help communities recover from wildfires last week. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch from Idaho joined the Western Mitigation Assistance Act. The bill treats wildfires in the same way as other natural disasters. It does that by making hazard mitigation assistance funding […]
With Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee leaving the Senate after next year, Idaho Sen. Jim Risch appears to be a sure bet for taking over as chairman of prestigious Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2019 – assuming that Republicans retain their slim majority in that chamber. Those prospects are not so lofty, given the GOP’s […]
Cyber + Co., No. 1 The Senate has unanimously passed legislation to provide small businesses with tools to improve their cybersecurity. The MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017 (S. 770) directs NIST to “disseminate clear and concise resources for small business concerns to help reduce their cybersecurity risk.” The bill now moves to the House where swift […]
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet, D-CO, Mike Crapo, R-ID, Jon Tester, D-MT, Jim Risch, R-ID, and Ron Wyden, D-OR, recently introduced the Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Act to provide resources to assist communities recovering from damaging wildfires. The bill treats wildfires in the same manner as other natural disasters by making available Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding to […]
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch says he supports the Department of Interior’s change of direction on sage grouse conservation plans; here’s his full statement: “The last administration invited the western governors to create their own sage-grouse management plans. Those plans were subsequently rewritten on the banks of Potomac. I commend Secretary Zinke for trying to right […]
WASHINGTON – Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Jim Risch (R-ID) said Friday they have introduced the Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Act to provide resources to assist communities recovering from damaging wildfires. The bill treats wildfires in the same manner as other natural disasters by making available Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding […]
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today joined Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) as well as other Senate colleagues and pro-life leaders to formally introduce the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The legislation would provide common-sense protections for unborn children at 20 weeks after fertilization, a point at which there is significant scientific evidence that abortion inflicts […]
Guest Column Submitted by U.S. Senator Jim Risch Date: October 3, 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria have caused total and unprecedented devastation in parts of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I held a hearing […]
Sea lions chomped about 20 to 25 percent of this year’s winter steelhead run in the Willamette River as these adult fish tried to ascend the fish ladder at Willamette Falls. That’s a problem because just over 500 native winter steelhead passed the falls in 2017, the lowest run size ever recorded, Shaun Clements, senior […]
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter issued this statement on social media this morning on the Las Vegas shooting: “Idahoans join with our Nevada neighbors and all Americans in praying for the victims of last night’s terrible shooting in Las Vegas.” Also weighing in on Twitter early this morning was 1st District Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador, […]