Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) has introduced five pieces of legislation in the last several weeks to address the crisis at our southern border. In case you missed it, Steve Kiggins with the Times News and MagicValley.com wrote about the substantial efforts from Senator Risch. Select excerpts from the piece are below. The full article is […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senators John Boozman (R-Ark) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), senior members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, in introducing the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) VA Benefits Act. The GUARD VA Benefits Act would penalize unaccredited entities for charging unauthorized fees for “helping” an individual who […]

Senators condemn administration for its proposal to weaponize the tax code against U.S. energy producers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), a senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the International Nuclear Energy Act (INEA). This bipartisan legislation aims to support the U.S. domestic nuclear energy industry’s leadership and offset China and Russia’s growing […]

WASHINGTON – Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and John Kennedy (R-La.), with more than 40 Republican senators introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing an anti-Second Amendment pistol brace rule. The rule, titled Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing […]

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined 33 of their Senate Republican colleagues to stop the DoD’s travel abortion policy. Last year, President Biden’s Department of Defense (DoD) announced it would pay for service members’ and their dependents’ travel expenses to receive an abortion. “No taxpayer dollars should be […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Congressmen Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher with Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) yesterday cosponsored the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023. The legislation was introduced in both chambers of Congress and would create a Clean Water Act exemption […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that the Department withdraw a proposal that would raise fees for farmers […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the Traveler’s Gun Rights Act. This legislation would update federal law to account for various residency-related issues facing full-time Recreational Vehicle (RV) travelers, individuals with multiple physical residences, active duty military personnel and military spouses. “An individual’s decision not to hold […]

BOISE, Idaho – Last week, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) sat down with Idaho Governor Brad Little, Governor Butch Otter, and Governor Dirk Kempthorne on Idaho Public Television to remember their friend, mentor, and former Idaho Governor Phil Batt. “Phil Batt was above all a fun guy. A fun guy to hang out with . […]