Press Releases
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 […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch, Mike Crapo, and U.S. Representative Russ Fulcher today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing concerns regarding the EPA’s failure to obtain community input on the potential listing of Idaho’s Cinnabar Mine as a Superfund site. The EPA is seeking a Superfund site designation for the Cinnabar Mine, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in the case Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al. In Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether former President Donald Trump should remain on the ballot in the State of Colorado, after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled he should […]
Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act Bound for Full Senate Approval WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) legislation, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, today passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee with overwhelming support. This legislation would make it easier for “Good Samaritans,” such as state […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today wrote U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to investigate the pro-Hamas criminals who disgracefully and illegally vandalized the Los Angeles National Cemetery, where more than 80,000 veterans are buried. The words “INTIFADA” and “FREE GAZA” were found spray-painted on the grounds […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Collet’s Pub in Firth as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for January 2024. Collet’s Pub will be recognized for its contribution to the Eastern Idaho community in the Congressional Record of […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) with U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Chairman Patrick McHenry and 76 of their colleagues wrote U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Andrea Gacki urging the administration to delay the implementation of new reporting requirements […]
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the ATF Accountability Act, which would provide transparency to gun owners across America on rules made by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The ATF engages in a secretive classification review process where the agency decides whether a particular firearm is regulated […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, member and former-chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Council Mountain Coffee & Laundromat in Council as a Local Gem. This recognition is part of the fourth annual Support Local Gems All Season Long initiative, which is a public awareness campaign Senator Risch created to encourage Idahoans to support the small businesses that […]