Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) introduced the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act. The SHORT Act ends the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation of weapons under the National Firearms Act (NFA), including short-barreled rifles and shotguns. The Biden administration used the NFA to target American gun owners by […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to reduce federal cost-sharing requirements for public lands projects performed by qualified youth or conservation corps from 25% to 10%. “Current cost-sharing requirements prevent youth conservation corps from carrying out important public lands projects,” said Risch. “My bill reduces this barrier to better allow our […]
BOISE, Idaho – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Jim Risch highlighted nuclear energy as the definitive solution to powering America’s future in a new editorial published by the Washington Times. To read the full OpEd, click here. Nuclear energy: The definitive solution to powering America’s future Excerpts from the editorial: “America is experiencing […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act to prevent inmates from using contraband cellphones in correctional facilities by allowing state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems. “Idaho has seen firsthand the grave danger contraband cellphones pose to the public, correctional officers, and inmates,” said Risch. “The Cellphone Jamming Reform […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) today introduced the Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act. This bill would prohibit states from implementing excise taxes on firearms and ammunition to fund gun control programs. “Blue states that implement an excessive excise tax to fund gun control initiatives are exploiting […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) introduced the Major Richard Star Act to provide combat-injured veteran retirees their full benefits. “Our veterans made significant sacrifices for our freedoms. Penalizing their retirement benefits due to injuries they incurred during their honorable service to our country is unacceptable,” said Risch. “The Major Richard Star Act protects the entirety […]
IDAHO – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher (all R-Idaho) announced three events for young Idahoans and their families to learn about U.S. service academies. Students, parents, and counselors are invited to attend and speak with service academy representatives and learn how to receive a nomination from a […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of The Gangplank in Idaho Falls as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for March 2025. The Gangplank will be recognized for its contribution to the Southeast Idaho community in the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) today introduced the Security and Oversight of International Landholdings (SOIL) Act to enhance oversight and transparency over foreign purchases of American agricultural land that threaten national security. “America has some of the best farmland in the world, and it would be […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) introduced the Securing American Agriculture Act. The bill would secure critical agricultural supply chains and reduce America’s reliance on foreign adversaries like Communist China. “Allowing Communist China to seize control of America’s food supply chain would jeopardize our economy, national security, and the livelihoods of Idaho’s farmers and ranchers,” said Risch. “The Securing American […]