Press Releases

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 […]

Bipartisan Senators to Congress: Permanent Wildfire Funding Fix Must be a Top Priority Washington, D.C. – In the wake of historic wildfires in Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington and across the West, U.S. Sens. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Cory Gardner, R-Colo., […]

Washington, D.C. – Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo congratulated Ryan Nelson of Idaho after his nomination to become Department of Interior (DOI) Solicitor passed unanimously out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today.  His nomination has been sent to the full Senate for consideration.   “I look forward to seeing an […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced that the Western Governors’ Association, a bipartisan group of 19 governors from Western states and 3 governors from Western U.S. territories, has endorsed the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act. The bipartisan legislation, introduced by the Senators earlier this year, seeks to protect America’s electric […]

CRAPO, RISCH PRAISE SWIFT CONFIRMATION BY SENATE WASHINGTON – The nomination of Idaho State Senator Bart Davis to serve as Idaho’s next United States Attorney was confirmed this evening by the United States Senate.  Davis’ nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice-vote on Thursday, September 7.  Following his confirmation, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and […]