Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) today voted on their congressional resolution to overturn President Biden’s unfair student loan cancelation scheme. “President Biden’s student loan forgiveness is raising the cost of higher education and transferring the debt to every taxpayer, including Idahoans who paid off their student loans or never had them […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced legislation to promote economic growth and ensure small business tax relief is made permanent. “In 2017, Congress passed the landmark Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to update our tax code, spur economic growth, and ensure Idahoans kept more of their hard-earned dollars, but Democrats have worked […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) applaud the recent Supreme Court ruling clarifying the definition of “the waters of the United States.” This decision reins in the federal government’s role in water policy and provides much-needed clarity for Idaho’s farmers and ranchers. In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito ruled in […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm urging the Biden administration to join them in continuing to advocate for the preservation of the lower Snake River dams. “We write, as members representing constituents from the Northwest United States, urging the Department of Energy […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Roger Marshall, M.D., (R-Kan.) today introduced the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act, which prohibits federal funds from being used for ‘gender transition procedures. “The surging number of gender reassignment procedures performed in the United States, especially on children, is alarming. Once performed, these drugs and surgeries cannot […]