Press Releases
WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses and mandate these aliens be detained until they are removed from the United […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement about the appropriations bills package the Senate considered today. “This spending package is disappointing—it comes more than five months into the fiscal year, is jammed full of earmarks and the left’s political priorities and fails to move towards reducing our national debt. This is not fiscal conservatism, and, as such, I cannot vote for it.” Several unnecessary earmarks hidden within the appropriations […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement at the conclusion of tonight’s State of the Union address: “In tonight’s speech, President Biden doubled down on his open border policy and again tried to blame Congress. Congress did its job many years ago when it passed the law prohibiting anyone from entering America […]
Legislation requires VA Secretary to grant waivers for projects approved prior to Build America, Buy America enactment WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Jim Risch introduced legislation to ensure Idaho’s veterans’ facilities can update their facilities as intended. The Waiving Arbitrary and Inconsistent Veteran home Eligibility Requirements (WAIVER) Act, introduced today, is a legislative fix to the Build America, Buy […]
WASHINGTON—Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) with several colleagues introduced the Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2024, which would revert the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) to the December 2023 rate through the end of the 2025 growing season. An increased AEWR went into effect on January 1, 2024. Nationally, […]
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging the agency to withdraw a proposed rule covering wastewater discharged by meat and poultry processors. “Given the technical complexity and high costs of wastewater treatment alterations, coupled with […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced the Fighting Irrational Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers’ Misfortune (FIREARM) Act to protect lawful citizens from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) “zero tolerance” policy. With the ATF’s rule, lawful gun dealers could lose their license and their business for a single, minor, clerical […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) led a letter demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescind the recently finalized rule for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and direct the EPA to revisit, pursuant to the best available science, its next review at the congressionally mandated five-year interval in 2025. “America’s […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in the case of Moyle v. United States American and Idaho v. United States of America. The brief supports the State of Idaho in defending its pro-life law, the Defense of Life Act, against the Biden […]
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter urging the Biden administration to end the Department of Commerce’s pause on issuing new export licenses for American firearms manufacturers. This pause, initiated on October 27, 2023, purportedly to enhance national security interests, has instead inflicted financial harm on numerous […]