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 Hillco Technologies, Inc. in Nezperce as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for July 2022. Hillco Technologies, Inc. will be recognized for its contribution to the community in the Congressional Record […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the Prohibiting Abortion on Federal Lands Act . The legislation would prohibit the Biden administration, or any future pro-abortion administration, from using federal lands and facilities for abortions. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Democrats and pro-abortion interests have been mounting pressure on President […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator and Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced the Solving the Border Crisis Act. This bill will secure the southern border by resuming construction of the border wall, strengthening management and enforcement capacities, and upholding […]
Since Biden took office, U.S. law enforcement has encountered more illegal migrants than the populations of 11 states WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a press conference to discuss his illegal migration report and his newly introduced Solving the Border Crisis Act. To watch Risch’s opening […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a draft report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) advocating for breaching at least one of the Lower Snake River dams to improve salmon populations. It also published a study commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) laying out scenarios to replace power […]
WASHINGTON – This month, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol released data showing May 2022 reached the highest level of arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border ever recorded, with the U.S. on pace to exceed 2 million apprehensions during Fiscal Year 2022. Last week, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, published a report examining how the Biden administration’s […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) made the following statement upon the Supreme Court’s final ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided in 1973, resulting in the deaths of millions of unborn babies over nearly half a century. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court took a major step to right […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) made the following statement on his ‘no’ vote on S. 2938, the gun control bill before the United States Senate: “Senseless acts of violence that result in the loss of innocent lives cannot be tolerated. However, infringing on Americans’ constitutional rights is not the answer to the challenges before us. […]