Press Releases

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 […]

Voice concerns for Jewish and Pro-Israel Students

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 […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), introduced the  Revising and Enhancing Project Authorizations Impacted by Review (REPAIR) Act, which will streamline the permitting process for U.S. energy, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure projects. “Radical activist litigation has stalled far too many critical domestic energy, natural resource, and manufacturing projects and made us […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), with Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Testing and Evaluation Systems for Trusted Artificial Intelligence (TEST) AI Act to improve the federal government’s capacity to test and evaluate Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to drive innovation, protect national security, […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing deep concern about the rise in terrorists crossing the southern border and asking for plans to bolster border and internal security measures. In addition to Risch and Crapo, Senators […]