Press Releases

Urge Ambassador Haley To Push For Military Site Inspections & Stronger Inspection Reporting Requirements    WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) was joined by Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Cory Gardner (R-CO), James Inhofe (R-OK), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Luther Strange (R-AL), Marco […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement about the death of former state Senator John Andreason: “Vicki’s and my thoughts and prayers go out to the Andreason family. John was a colleague, but more importantly he was a good friend. He was reliable and loved Idaho. Our state has lost […]

Washington, D.C. – With deadly fires still raging in California and across the West, a bipartisan group of senators led by Sens. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and others today pressed Senate Leaders Mitch McConnell and Charles E. Schumer in a letter to include a wildfire funding fix in disaster aid legislation the Senate […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement after President Trump signed a healthcare Executive Order: “I applaud President Trump’s efforts to help small businesses and other individuals who are struggling financially under the Affordable Care Act. I remain committed to repealing and replacing the unworkable, unaffordable law, and this Executive […]

Administration recognizes need for long-term fire fix  Washington, DC – Following numerous discussions among Western U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), and Administration leadership and agency officials, initial federal funding to begin fixing shortages in fire-fighting efforts known as “fire borrowing” are now being included in […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jon Tester (D-MT), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) today 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 […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement about the Department of Interior’s announcement that they will take public comments on Sage-Grouse conservation plans to help improve the Bureau of Land Management’s current land use plans. “The last administration invited the western governors to create their own Sage-Grouse management plans. Those plans […]

Companion bill introduced in the House of Representatives   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), members of both the Senate Intelligence and Energy and Natural Resources Committees, today applauded the introduction of the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) and […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement about the shooting in Las Vegas: “Today is a sad day for all Americans. Vicki and I are praying for the victims of this horrible event and for their families. As usual, our first responders reacted in their typical heroic fashion.”

  Crapo, Risch, Wyden, Bennet Attend Fire Briefing at USDA, Forest Service on Record Fire Spending Year Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan group of western senators pushing for their legislation to fix “fire borrowing” heard strong evidence from Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and fire experts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest […]