Press Releases
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 […]
Says administration should be “ashamed” for efforts surrounding Lava Ridge WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) called out the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its failures in Idaho surrounding the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. “I warned everyone when your confirmation was […]
Resolution of Disapproval Seeks to Restore Title IX Rights Reserved for Women and Girls WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to protect Title IX from a radical Biden administration rule that tramples on rights given to girls and women […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Representatives Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide necessary federal assistance to the Wyoming Department of Transportation as it works to repair the […]