Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the Zero Based Budget Act to reduce the more than $31 trillion of debt held by the general public and curb unjustified spending at the federal level. The Zero Based […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined in cosponsoring, the Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their (PROTECT) Kids Act, which would protect parental rights by preventing schools from concealing information about students’ gender from their parents. Many schools have adopted policies to allow students of any age to […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced the Strategic Production Response (SPR) Act. The SPR Act would prohibit the secretary of Energy from tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for reasons other than a severe energy supply interruption until the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) have introduced legislation, S. 7, that would create an additional federal district judgeship in Idaho. Idaho is one of only three states (North Dakota and Vermont are the others) with only two authorized judgeships. In contrast, the Central District of California and the Southern District of […]