Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement upon the Senate’s passage of the Continuing Resolution and a package of appropriations bills to fund the Military, Construction, and Veteran Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch. “As I have long said, government shutdowns are a terrible waste of time and resources. Over the last 41 days, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today introduced legislation to ensure law-abiding gun owners can exercise their Second Amendment rights during government shutdowns. The Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act would require federal agencies to continue processing firearm applications and licenses despite a lapse in appropriations. “The government shutdown has real impacts on real people, but it certainly […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of DK Donuts in Boise, Idaho, as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for October 2025. DK Donuts will be recognized for its contribution to Idaho in the Congressional Record of the […]
WASHINGTON – Idaho’s U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, Representative Mike Simpson, and Governor Brad Little today sent a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth requesting a briefing on the recent announcement of a joint training agreement for Qatari troops at the Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB). “In the interest of informing […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) voted in support of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), fulfilling Congress’s constitutional duty to “provide for the common defense.” The FY 2026 NDAA strengthens America’s military capabilities, bolsters national security, and includes key provisions important to the state of Idaho. […]
Click the image above to watch Senator Risch’s floor speech. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of President Trump’s constitutional authority to authorize strikes on narco-terrorists trafficking drugs into the United States. Excerpts of his remarks: “Mr. […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch today released the following statement celebrating the groundbreaking of the Boise State Veterans Home’s new skilled nursing care replacement facility. “I am proud to have worked with Secretary Collins to see that this modernization project moved forward for Idaho’s veterans. These brave men and women risked everything for our freedoms; […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of McIntyre Farms in Caldwell as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for September 2025. McIntyre Farms will be recognized for its contribution to Idaho in the Congressional Record of the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins urging the VA to correct an error by the Biden administration unfairly denying veterans with service-related conditions their hard-earned benefits. “[. . .] under the previous administration, many Idaho veterans suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Representative Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the cases Little v. Hecox and State of West Virginia v. B.P.J. The brief supports the States of Idaho and West Virginia in defending their laws preserving Title IX protections and prohibiting biological men from participating in […]