Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) led 18 of their colleagues in calling on Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to withdraw the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule severely restricting the issuance and limiting the lifespan of export licenses for firearms, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) today introduced three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to overturn the Biden administration’s reversal of key reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the Trump administration that increased stakeholder engagement, defined critical habitat and ensured species recovery plans were effective. […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and 40 Senate Republicans introduced a joint resolution of disapproval to strike down the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) rule on the definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms, which ignores the law […]
Calls on Department to Hold Universities Accountable ?WASHINGTON – Amid growing protests across colleges and universities in America, the Idaho Congressional delegation led by Senator Jim Risch is demanding answers from President Biden’s Department of Education and calling for U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to create and distribute a best practices guide for universities to […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and several Republican colleagues today introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) recent Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process. This new rule would significantly raise royalties, rates, minimum bids, costs and bonding requirements for oil and gas producers on federal lands […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) applauded the passage of their bipartisan Mining Regulatory Clarity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, and called for the Senate to move quickly on the bill. “Domestic mineral production is an economic, energy, and national security imperative,” said Risch. “With the House passage of our Mining Regulatory Clarity […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Greyloch, LLC in Star as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for May 2024. Greyloch, LLC will be recognized for its contribution to Idaho in the Congressional record of the U.S. […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher (all R-Idaho), in coordination with the U.S. Department of State, announced seven “Passport Fairs” to be held throughout the state from May 29 to June 1, 2024. The fairs held in Sandpoint, Idaho Falls, Coeur d’Alene, Moscow, Pocatello, Twin […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) demanded the Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland provide a list of supporters for the Lava Ridge energy project in Idaho. His exchange happened during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the President’s budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal […]
Calls for protection of existing uses and additional community outreach WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today wrote Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning voicing concerns with the agency’s one-size-fits-all rule for solar development that could shut out established multiple-uses and the drastic effect the rule will have on communities if fully implemented. […]