Press Releases
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher today demanded the Biden-Harris administration answer for its failure to stop the flow of illicit and deadly fentanyl into Idaho through the southern border. The administration’s lax border policies have allowed historic amounts of fentanyl to enter the […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ unprovoked and brutal attack on Israel on October 7: “It’s been a year since Hamas’ brutal October 7 attack on Israel. Today, people across the world are […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and every Senate Republican, one year since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that killed dozens of Americans, in a resolution fully condemning Iran-backed Hamas for its actions, supporting the forever survival of Israel, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 31 Senate and U.S. House of Representatives colleagues in demanding President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris collect DNA samples from every immigrant the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) encounters, per the DNA Fingerprint Act of […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) introduced the Securing American Agriculture Act, which would protect domestic agriculture supply chains and reduce America’s reliance on foreign adversaries. “Congress can’t allow Communist China to seize control of America’s food supply chain,” said Risch. “Idaho’s farmers and ranchers fuel our economy and feed […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today introduced the Modern Firearms Safety Act, which would prohibit states from enforcing handgun rosters. These lists of pre-approved handguns require manufacturers to include costly features like microstamping, loaded chamber indicators, and magazine disconnect mechanisms on firearms, preventing law-abiding citizens from purchasing the firearm of their choice. “Unconstitutional handgun rosters create […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement after voting against the Continuing Resolution: “Passing a continuing resolution merely kicks the can down the road, and by doing so Congress has shirked its constitutional duty to fund the government and ensure the responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. It is not fair to […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led 41 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration’s unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s cover-up of […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Representative Russ Fulcher today sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Randy Moore demanding an update on the investigation to determine the origin of the Elkhorn Fire. “This investigation, which was originally meant to take only a few weeks, has been ongoing for well […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher today urged the Department of the Interior to adopt the “No-Action Alternative” on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project following the termination of Section 106 consultation with both the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on […]