Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Upon discovering new details and discrepancies surrounding an anti-Catholic memo prepared by analysts in the FBI’s Richmond, Virginia field office, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and 14 Senate colleagues pushed FBI Director Christopher Wray for answers. In the letter, the senators scrutinize top FBI officials for ordering analysts to permanently delete files related […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) sent a letter urging the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to provide clear guidelines for the use of fixed anchors for climbing in federally designated wilderness areas.  “For decades, fixed anchors such as bolts and pitons have helped […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced the Investing in Main Street Act to increase investment in small businesses. The legislation would allow banks to invest up to 15 percent of their capital in Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC). “Small businesses are the lifeblood of Idaho—fueling our economy, employing our friends […]

Introduce Bill to Boost American Energy Independence, Dominance WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act, which depoliticizes the export of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) by eliminating the requirement for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to authorize its export and instead giving the Federal Energy […]

Introduce Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding this unethical research  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today introduced the Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act to prohibit the use of federal taxpayer dollars from funding research involving human fetal tissue obtained during an abortion and to close loopholes in the law that have allowed the […]

MALDEN Act would improve FEMA coordination with local wildfire recovery teams WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today introduced the Making Aid for Local Disasters Equal Now (MALDEN) Act, which would improve coordination between local, state, Tribal, and federal agencies to deliver resources faster in the aftermath of disastrous wildfires. The MALDEN Act is named […]

Administration Set to Deliberately Pause U.S. LNG Export Permitting to Court Radical Enviornmental Voters WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) led 24 Republican colleagues in blasting the Biden administration’s executive order to re-evaluate the criteria to approve permits for liquified natural gas (LNG) export projects in order to pacify the […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led a bicameral group of 121 colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman calling for the withdrawal of the Biden administration’s proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced 44 nominations to the United States service academies for the upcoming 2024- 2025 school year. The nominees were selected from dozens of applicants. The four academies will now consider these Idahoans for final selection. “These 44 Idahoans are exemplary students who are committed to selflessly serving our nation and defending our freedoms,”  said Risch. “Their […]

Protect American’s Congressional Representation WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation to ensure the census only counts legal citizens for Congressional districts and the Electoral College map, which determines presidential elections. The current method of counting illegal immigrants for purposes of representation serves as a perverse incentive for open borders by […]