Press Releases
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 […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), reintroduced the Water Rights Protection Act, legislation to protect privately owned waters from being seized by the federal government. “Private water rights and states’ ability to regulate them […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and 10 of their colleagues introduced the Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots (AMERICANS) Act of 2023. The legislation builds off of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023, which included language to repeal the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the […]
BOISE, Idaho – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch released the following statement slamming the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives (ATF)’s new pistol brace rule: “President Biden’s administration once again took aim at the rights of Idaho’s law-abiding gun owners. The administration’s rule requiring pistol braces be registered with the federal government threatens to turn […]