Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo with U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher today sent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a letter demanding immediate action to enable the Albeni Falls Dam in North Idaho to resume normal operations. “Albeni Falls Dam provides flood control, energy production, and recreational opportunities for residents and visitors alike. […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) led 41 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval. The resolution comes after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rules that impose […]
Commits to “Continue Fighting Unnecessary, Ill Begotten Project” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to proceed with the strongly opposed Lava Ridge Wind Project. “Idahoans could not be more clear that they do not support Lava Ridge. Yet, for some reason, the […]
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of seven small businesses from across the state as the Idaho Small Businesses of the Month for June 2024 in coordination with Support Local Gems (SLG). SLG will take place on Friday, June […]
Idahoans are encouraged to support Idaho small businesses on Friday, June 7, 2024 ? BOISE, Idaho – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and the Idaho Department of Commerce announced the fifth annual Support Local Gems initiative, which will serve as an all-day event to support Idaho small businesses. On Friday, June 7, 2024, Idahoans are invited to […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation that would restore border wall construction and use unobligated COVID-19 funds to cover the costs. The Build the Wall Act would establish the “Southern Border Wall Construction Fund” and require the Department of Homeland Security to use any unobligated Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today applauded the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee’s passage of his Simplifying Subcontracting Act. The legislation would reduce complexity in federal government contracting in order to help small businesses and entrepreneurs pursue contracts. “Today’s committee passage of my Simplifying Subcontracting Act puts Idaho small businesses one step closer to better compete for […]
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 […]