Press Releases
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), with Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced the Pregnancy Center Security Act to enhance security for pro-life pregnancy centers and to protect staff and patients from potential violence and extremism. The legislation will establish a grant […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to no more than nine justices. The Supreme Court has had nine justices since 1869. “The Supreme Court has stood as a nonpartisan institution for over 150 years. Now, Democrats are threatening to politicize it by packing the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to introduce the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, which will block future progressive political attempts to force the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of The Shoe and Tack Shop in Jerome as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for February 2023. “The Shoe and Tack Shop represents everything that makes Idaho great— a close sense of community, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, which gives states the authority to exclude abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood, from receiving state Medicaid funds. Under current law, states are required to allow any qualified provider to participate in a state’s Medicaid system. A non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that Planned Parenthood […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) reintroduced the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023 alongside Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.). This bill would remove grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) from the endangered species list and shift management of the […]
Joins Neil Cavuto on Fox News WASHINGTON – Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Neil Cavuto on Fox News to discuss the Chinese spy balloon and the recent objects removed from North America’s air space. Watch Senator Risch’s interview HERE or by clicking the above image. In the interview, Senator Risch said: “The administration has been slow […]