Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) led a group of 24 additional Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Hearing Protection Act (HPA). The HPA, S. 401, would reclassify suppressors to regulate them like a regular firearm. The measure would benefit Idaho’s recreational gun users and provide them better access to hearing protection […]

Sign Brief that Spotlights Risks to Women, Girls in FDA Disregard of the Law

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the Build the Wall Now Act, which requires border wall reconstruction to restart within 24 hours of the bill being signed into law, removes legal impediments to construction, and unlocks $2.1 billion in federal funding that was previously allocated for […]

Renewed push to amend the U.S. Constitution would force a balanced federal budget and fight growing debt

Prevent Biden ban on energy leasing on federal lands

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) are standing up for American’s Second Amendment right to own and use pistol braces without burdensome regulation, registration, and taxation with the reintroduction of the Pistol Brace Protection Act. This bill stops the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) rule by […]

Washington – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, have co-sponsored the Fair Access to Banking Act, which would prevent discrimination by banks and financial services providers against constitutionally-protected industries and law-abiding businesses, such as firearms manufacturers.  The bill, led by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) […]

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 […]