Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of McCall Lake Cruises as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for September 2022. McCall Lake Cruises will be recognized for its contribution to the community in the Congressional Record of the […]

Includes needed permitting and process review reforms, provides regulatory certainty, and expedites permitting of key projects WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and 40 of their Republican colleagues to introduce the Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency (START) Act,  comprehensive federal regulatory permitting and project […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to introduce the Simplifying Grants Act to make it easier for local governments, with less than 50,000 people, to apply for, receive, and manage grants. Small local governments often face difficulties when applying for, and managing, federal grants in comparison to larger ones. The Simplifying […]

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and 10 Senate colleagues sent a letter to the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Ronald Davis demanding answers after reports that the USMS is considering a new policy to permit the release of dangerous, criminal aliens before U.S. Immigration and Customs […]

BOISE, Idaho – Today, the Idaho Congressional Delegation applauded Micron Technology on its announcement that it will construct a new memory chip plant in Boise, the first new memory semiconductor manufacturing fab built in the U.S. in the last 20 years. “Idaho and Micron have been partners since Day One of the company’s founding right here in […]

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” on a party-line vote: “We haven’t seen this kind of record inflation since Jimmy Carter was president, yet Democrats today chose to pass legislation that will raise taxes and spend hundreds of billions of dollars. These […]

Risch, McMorris Rodgers, PNW Delegation Push Back Against White House Efforts to Breach Dams Biden Administration Fails to Lead on Columbia River System With Facts or Science WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), along with their colleagues from the Pacific Northwest, today denounced the Biden administration’s lack of […]

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Rudy’s A Cook’s Paradise in Twin Falls as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for August 2022. Rudy’s A Cook’s Paradise will be recognized for its contribution to the community in […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) praised Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). The legislation, which passed 93-1, will reinforce western water resilience and ensure the Army Corps of Engineers carries out water projects responsibly. “It is critical we maintain the water facilities we already have, and I […]

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed several priority bills for U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) with strong bipartisan support. These pieces of legislation are especially critical to Idaho as they will allow for greater flexibility for water storage programs and remove a roadblock to responsible forest management efforts on federal […]