Press Releases
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 . […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) this week wrote Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona regarding taxpayer dollars funding antisemitic activities on college campuses. The Senator is demanding answers from the Department of Education regarding these practices and the growing safety issues Jewish students and allies of Israel face on these campuses. The Senator has received significant support […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) with Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) today introduced the Solving the Border Crisis Act. This bill would secure the southern border by resuming construction of the border wall, strengthening management and enforcement capacities, and upholding the rule of […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement about President Biden’s budget: “Idahoans cannot afford higher taxes and more out-of-control spending. This administration already spent well beyond its means, resulting in inflation that hurts Idahoans every day. Thankfully, Congress can correct the president’s error with a budget that reins in spending and targets […]