Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Republican Senate colleagues in successfully securing a provision in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect service members from the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine mandate. However, the provision does not address the penalties and discharges previously incurred, so […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of The Harkness Hotel as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for December 2022. The Harkness Hotel will be recognized in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate. The Harkness Hotel opened in 2014, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and eight other colleagues in successfully securing a provision in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect service members from the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine mandate. Additional Senators who secured this provision in the […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act, led by U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and now heads to the President’s desk. The bill previously passed the Senate unanimously in September. This legislation will allow rural homeowners, renters, and small businesses to more easily access […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of the International Nuclear Energy Act . This legislation, led by Senator Risch and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, would promote engagement with ally and partner nations […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) in a letter to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce about the need to expand high-speed internet access in rural communities. Internet providers are required to obtain permits […]
WASHINGTON – Idaho Senator Jim Risch and Congressman Mike Simpson this week led their colleagues in a bicameral letter to Senate and House leadership urging the continued Endangered Species Act (ESA) greater sage-grouse listing prohibition be maintained in a potential end-of-year spending package. “Idaho and other western states with sage-grouse habitat led the development of […]
Idahoans are encouraged to “Support Local Gems: All Season Long” WASHINGTON – In an effort to support Idaho’s small businesses, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and the Idaho Department of Commerce today announced the third annual Support Local Gems: All Season Long initiative. Support Local Gems: All Season Long is a holiday revival of the statewide Support Local Gems […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Martha Williams demanding a response to Idaho’s grizzly bear delisting petition. “Idahoans have a unique interest in the delisting of the grizzly bear due to a […]