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By Steve Kiggins – May 2, 2023 When it was Idaho Sen. Jim Risch’s turn to address Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, he raised a singular talking point. “I’m going to focus on one thing today. One thing, and one thing only: The Lava Ridge […]
Risch wants HHS to prove its recommendations are ‘evidence-based’ and not driven by a ‘contentious ideology’ By Brianna Herlihy – March 29, 2023 Republican lawmakers led by Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, are demanding that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveal the evidence the agency relies on to encourage medical providers to perform […]
Guest column submitted by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) The World Health Organization’s (WHO) track record over the last three years is nothing short of abysmal. When the Chinese government lied to the world in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO parroted and praised China’s officials. When it became clear China was […]
The bill comes amid concerns about a new post-Title 42 border surge By Adam Shaw – March 9, 2023 Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, has introduced sweeping border security legislation that would extend the Title 42 public health order beyond its current May expiration amid fears of a fresh border surge — while also continuing Trump-era […]
Republicans say inaction by the department is making Jewish students feel less safe at school By Elizabeth Elkind – March 8, 2023 A group of Republican senators is accusing the Biden administration of allowing “taxpayer-funded antisemitism” on college campuses, arguing that the prevalence of these events and programs violate federal law and are making Jewish […]
‘With the ATF Transparency Act, the ATF would be held to a higher standard that would require a faster, fairer process for firearm applications,’ Risch said By Houston Keene – March 2, 2023 Republicans are keeping up the pressure on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) as a new Senate bill aims to force […]
Pro-life pregnancy centers have been attacked following the overturn of Roe v. Wade By Houston Keene – February 28, 2023 Idaho Senator James Risch, a Republican, is introducing a bill into the upper chamber to give pro-life pregnancy centers security upgrades amid a spate of attacks. Risch dropped the Pregnancy Center Security Act on Tuesday afternoon […]
Guest Column submitted by U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) President Joe Biden gave an early Christmas present to one of the worst human rights abusers in the world: Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his regime. Easing sanctions on Venezuela is bad energy policy for America. It’s bad foreign policy. It’s bad […]
Guest column submitted by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) More than three million people have been caught trying to illegally cross the southern border since President Biden took office. Taken together, the number would beat out Chicago for the third largest city in America. That would fill Boise State’s Albertsons Stadium 82 times. It exceeds […]