Press Releases

Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch today joined a large, bipartisan group of Senate colleagues to introduce legislation extending payments under the Secure Rural Schools program to rural counties with large tracts of tax-exempt federal lands in Idaho and other states.  Crapo and Risch had asked the Office of Management and Budget to include […]

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION RANKS BOTH SENATORS AMONG TOP TEN OF MOST CONSERVATIVE IN SENATE In recognition of their votes to advance conservative principles of government, Idaho Senators Mike Crapo, Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee and Jim Risch, Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee, have received top marks from the […]

  Washington, D.C. – Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo today joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies urging them to support robust funding for State Veterans Homes that help provide long-term care to our nation’s veterans. […]

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has named Fin Fun Mermaid in Idaho Falls, Idaho as the Small Business of the Month for May 2017. Fin Fun will be recognized in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate. “With just a simple request for a mermaid […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has named Destinations Inn as the Small Business of the Month for April 2017. This Idaho business will be recognized in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate. “A Pocatello native and longtime businessman, Larry Fisher, along with […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court: “Judge Neil Gorsuch is eminently qualified to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Among those qualifications that earned my support, he is a conservative […]

Private working forests support more than 2.4 million jobs nationally, including equipment suppliers and service and transportation providers Caucus will serve as a forum for policies that promote and preserve America’s working forests Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Angus King (I-ME), joined by a bipartisan group of Senators, today launched the […]

Washington, D.C. – Today, during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on cybersecurity, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) highlighted the Idaho National Lab’s (INL) ongoing efforts to deter cyber threats against the United States. Risch also questioned Andrew Bochman, INL’s Senior Cyber and Energy Security Strategist, about ways to better protect our grid […]

S. 733, the Sportsmen’s Act of 2017, S. 97, the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017, and S. 590, will be considered by the full Senate next Washington, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to pass three bills sponsored by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID). The bills, S. […]

PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS CAN IMPROVE RESEARCH, DRIVE INNOVATION   Washington, D.C. – Private-sector innovators and government researchers will work hand-in-hand to create the next generation of clean, advanced nuclear power under bi-partisan legislation advanced out of committee today in the U.S. Senate.   Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), Lisa Murkowski […]