Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) released the following statement after voting against another Continuing Resolution: “We absolutely stand against shutting down the federal government, but we also oppose continually kicking the can down the road on government funding and allowing Democrats’ spending levels to continue for another month—let alone two,” said Risch and […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today voted to overturn President Biden’s reckless income-driven repayment (IDR) rule, which will result in a majority of bachelor’s degree student loan borrowers not having to pay back the principal on their loans. This will cost taxpayers as much as $559 billion —likely the most expensive […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation today to help farmers fight through trade barriers and sell more fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops in foreign markets. The Specialty Crops Reporting on Opportunities and Promotion Act (Specialty CROP Act) responds to continued high tariffs, burdensome labeling requirements, and other trade barriers that […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee, today led Senate Republican colleagues in releasing the following statement ahead of the Biden-Xi meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. Joining Risch are Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Dan Sullivan […]
WASHINGTON – A bill introduced by U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) to clean up abandoned mines is gaining widespread support. The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act makes it easier for “Good Samaritans” such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean up and improve water quality in and around […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing concerns about a proposed rule giving Natural Asset Companies, including foreign investors, private management authority over federal land. “We are concerned that corporate involvement in the stewardship and control of our federal […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing concerns about a proposed rule giving Natural Asset Companies, including foreign investors, private management authority over federal land. “We are concerned that corporate involvement in the stewardship and control of our federal […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and their Senate colleagues sent a letter to the executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) demanding the council rescind its proposal to limit the type of mining projects eligible for the improved permitting process established under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined more than 20 of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to abandon their proposal that would subject new single and multifamily homes insured or guaranteed by the agencies to unrealistic and overly burdensome […]