Press Releases
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 […]
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 […]