Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – After voting in support of the President’s national emergency declaration to build a wall at our southern border, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement: “In 2014, when tens of thousands of unaccompanied children crossed our country’s southern border, President Obama called that a national crisis. Yet today, nearly 240,000 […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Angus King (I-ME) and U.S. Representatives Jared Golden (D-ME) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) today introduced the Future Logging Careers Act in the Senate and House of Representatives. This legislation would level the playing field for the logging trade with other agricultural fields by allowing family members to […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) today voted in support of  the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The legislation would require medical care be provided for survivors of failed abortions, equal to the medical care provided for any infant born at the same gestational age. The bill failed to advance after Senate Democrats blocked […]

The Funders Fair workshops will bring local and state leaders together with experts on the federal and state grant application process Boise, ID – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and U.S. Representative Mike Simpson (R-ID) will host workshops in Idaho to help state and local leaders learn about and better utilize grants available from federal […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement after voting in favor of legislation to fund the government, begin construction of a border wall, and make necessary national security improvements: “We need significantly more than 55 miles of wall to fully protect our southern border, but this bill makes a down-payment […]

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today passed a package of bipartisan bills, including several provisions authored or sponsored by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), which would improve public lands management, protect Idaho’s natural landscapes, and increase public access for sportsmen while protecting private property rights. The Natural Resources Management Act included two bills introduced […]

Washington, D.C. – As the United States and China negotiate a more fair and free trade agreement between the two nations, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today led a letter to the Trump Administration asking that the U.S. potato industry be […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement after attending President Trump’s State of the Union address: “President Trump’s second year in office produced an even longer, more impressive list of accomplishments than his first. As we heard tonight, our economy continues to soar, wages remain up, and unemployment is still […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) announced today that he has nominated 48 students from across the Gem State to the United States Military Academies for the 2019-2020 school year. The nominees will now be considered by each of the four academies for final selection. “It is an honor to nominate such a […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement on today’s announcement that the United States has given notice that it will withdraw from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in six months:  “I support the withdrawal of the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces […]