Press Releases
Idahoans are encouraged to “Support Local Gems All Season Long” BOISE, Idaho – To support Idaho’s small businesses, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and the Idaho Department of Commerce today announced the fifth annual Support Local Gems All Season Long initiative. “In Idaho, small businesses power the state’s economy, create local jobs, and provide the Gem State with […]
Interview highlights recent Risch efforts to protect women’s sports, stop Lava Ridge WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) spoke with the Neal Larson Show on NewsTalk 107.9 about his staunch support for President-elect Donald Trump and advancing the America First agenda. Risch also discussed his letter demanding the Mountain West Conference ban […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) today sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone Manning demanding the agency reject the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project following the passage of their bill to delay the project out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “The message is clear. […]
Risch bills to enhance cyber security, repair water infrastructure, and enhance aquifer recharge also advance WASHINGTON – Today, four bills authored by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) to support Idaho communities passed the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources by voice vote. Idaho is at the center of all four bills, which would delay […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Representative Burgess Owens (R-Utah) sent a letter today urging the Mountain West Conference ban biological males from competing in women’s sports and protect biological female student-athletes. Several women’s athletics programs at Mountain West member institutions, including Boise State University’s Women’s Volleyball team, recently forfeited games, risking their competitive […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, and Governor Brad Little issued the following statement upon the release of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Final Resource Management Plan for the Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendments and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The proposed amendments would affect 77 state-led […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) led his colleagues in sending a letter calling out President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for fueling a national security crisis at the southern border through a series of destructive executive orders. “Instead of addressing the flow of illegal immigration and illicit drugs across our borders, your administration […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch called out the Biden-Harris administration for ignoring Idahoans’ vehement opposition to the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project in order to accomplish its woke green agenda. Click here to watch Senator Risch discuss Lava Ridge on KTVB News Channel 7. On Idahoans, his opposition to Lava Ridge: “To say that people in […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the elimination of Hamas terrorist Yahya Sinwar by Israeli Defense Forces: “The world is a safer place today without Yahya Sinwar. Sinwar was responsible for the most significant murder of Jews since the Holocaust […]
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 Innovative Electric Services, Inc. in Orofino as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for October 2024. Innovative Electric Services, Inc. will be recognized for its contribution to Clearwater County in […]