Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the announcement of a preliminary agreement between the United States and Canada on the Columbia River Treaty. “For 60 years, the Columbia River Treaty has provided coordinated flood control for the Pacific Northwest, in turn […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) in introducing the Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act (FICRA) to modernize and streamline the legal framework governing interstate firearms transactions. Federal regulations prohibit the sale or delivery of any firearm to an individual who does not reside in the state in which […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) led 18 of their colleagues in urging Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to quickly correct policy initiatives that are making it harder for veterans to receive care. In 2018, Congress passed the MISSION Act, which increased access to care for veterans by expanding […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement after the Supreme Court dismissed the case of Moyle v. United States American and Idaho v. United States of America. Risch, with the rest of the Idaho congressional delegation submitted an amicus brief supporting the State of Idaho in defending its pro-life law, the Defense of Life Act. “When the Supreme Court […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) led their colleagues in filing a bicameral amicus brief in Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, et al v. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), requesting the Court vacate the agency’s Climate Rule. U.S. Representative Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) led the amicus brief in the House. The SEC adopted a finalized […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), along with several of their colleagues, sent a letter to President Joe Biden to express concerns regarding his Executive Order that would offer amnesty to illegal aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. “We have previously challenged the legality of your Administration’s […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule. “The Biden administration’s expansion of NEPA regulations is just their latest effort to strangle American innovation. This rule would allow ‘social effects’ to serve as […]
Call Out CBP, ICE Lack of Information-Sharing at Southern Border? WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) led his colleagues in a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers for Custom and Border Protection’s(CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s(ICE) failure to share information about the apprehension and subsequent release of suspects on the terror watchlist into […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, Governor Brad Little, and Lieutenant Governor Scott Bedke today, sent a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning calling out the administration’s failure to address widespread opposition of the Lava […]
ADVANCE Act Heads to President’s Desk ?WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) applauded Senate passage of legislation to boost development and deployment of new nuclear technologies and facilitate American nuclear leadership. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, cosponsored by Risch and Crapo and included as a […]