Press Releases
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and 24 other Republican Senators introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify an illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA health care system. The CRA gives Congress […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today in introducing a package of four pieces of legislation aimed at sealing and securing the southern border, cracking down on asylum abuse, keeping American communities and families safe, and ultimately ending the ongoing border crisis. “Four and a half million illegal immigrants, more than […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and 31 of their Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to overturn the Biden administration’s new regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest rule would be challenging to implement and make new, compliant trucks cost prohibitive for small […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, Governor Brad Little, Lt. Governor Scott Bedke, and Congressman Mike Simpson jointly communicated deep concerns to Idaho’s head of the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) about the Lava Ridge wind farm proposed in south-central Idaho. In a letter to Karen Kelleher, Idaho State Director […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and U.S. Representative Russ Fulcher (all R-Idaho) are condemning the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to keep Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for Idaho’s grizzly bears. “Given more and more grizzly bear and human encounters in Idaho, it is abundantly clear our […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) welcomed four interns to serve in his Washington, D.C. Senate office for Spring 2023. During their time on Capitol Hill, interns will assist in the daily operations of the office while learning about the legislative process. “Senate internships offer Idaho’s brightest with a firsthand opportunity to experience policy making at […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), along with 42 of their Senate colleagues, introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry, while still abiding by that […]
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today joined 47 of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act […]