Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), with several colleagues, sent a letter to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alexander Hoehn-Saric to express their concerns over the commission’s proposed rule on debris penetration in off-highway vehicles. CPSC issued this proposed rule without sufficient evidence of risk to consumers and without regard to its negative economic […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), and 12 Republican colleagues raised concerns with the Biden administration over the resurgence of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on college campuses to economically harm Israel and threaten Israel’s right to exist as a nation. Additionally, the senators raised the issue that […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, member and former-chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Seven Ridges Ag Service in Kendrick 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 […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to President Biden regarding his failure to appropriately respond to concerns about an executive order that requires federal agencies to engage in voter mobilizations and the potential use of taxpayer dollars for these efforts. The Senators are raising alarm over Executive […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and 16 Republican senators slammed the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that allows unions to coerce and pressure temporary foreign agriculture workers into unionization. The senators raised concerns this new policy will discourage farmers from participating in the H-2A program and hamper American food production, […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and 30 Republican colleagues urged the Biden administration to address antisemitism toward Jewish children in K-12 schools amid rising rates in the aftermath of Hamas’ deadly attacks against Israel. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Department of Education (ED) […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today reiterated the need for American leadership in nuclear energy during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, where Idaho National Laboratory Director Dr. John Wagner testified. Click here to watch. “Idaho is home to the Idaho National Lab, which is the flagship laboratory for nuclear energy and the birthplace of nuclear energy,” said Risch. “ . . . We […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, member and former-chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of White Cross Pharmacy, which has locations in Priest River, Sandpoint, Oldtown, and Spirit Lake, 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 […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and 15 of their colleagues introduced the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act. This legislation protects child welfare providers from being discriminated against for acting in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs and prohibits federal, state, and local government agencies that receive federal adoption assistance funding from discriminating against […]