Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) issued the following statement regarding the draft report on breaching the four hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River, commissioned by Washington State Democrats Senator Patty Murray and Governor Jay Inslee: “Not even two years ago, the federal government completed a comprehensive and scientific multi-year study of the lower Snake River dams. […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) welcomed the following staff to his Washington, D.C. office: Parker Hollingshead, daughter of Scott and Brandi McHargue and Patrick Hollingshead, has accepted a position as Constituent Services Representative. Originally from Lewiston, Hollingshead graduated from Corban University in Salem, Ore. with a Bachelor’s degree in political science. Before joining Senator Risch’s […]
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 Cox’s Honey in Shelley as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for June 2022. Cox’s Honey will be recognized for its contribution to the Eastern Idaho community in the Congressional Record […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to introduce legislation to increase robust energy development and production in the United States. The first bill, the Lease Now Act, would require the Department of the Interior (DOI) to resume and maintain onshore […]
WASHINGTON – Idaho’s U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo joined 29 Senate colleagues in introducing a Senate Resolution calling on the Biden Administration to work with Congress to develop a plan to combat the rise in crime in the United States, as well as to address the crisis at the southern border. The Resolution was […]
WASHINGTON – Idaho Senators U.S. Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statements after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Mexico is granting full market access for U.S. fresh potatoes, with the first shipment into Mexico coming from […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 11 of their colleagues in introducing the Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots (AMERICANS) Act of 2022. The legislation counters the Biden Administration’s efforts to coerce and punish servicemembers who decline the COVID-19 vaccine, and introduces […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and additional Senate Republican colleagues in urging the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Martha Williams, not to cave in to activists’ calls to restrict the use of lead ammo and tackle on public lands. “Policies or […]