Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C) and their Senate colleagues to send a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the dangerous and reckless decision to rescind the Title 42 Order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which permits […]
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 Malvagio’s Restaurant in Coeur d’Alene as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for April 2022. Malvagio’s will be recognized for its contribution to the North Idaho community in the Congressional Record […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch introduced the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act to limit federal overreach and reduce federal spending. This bill requires agencies to repeal two existing regulations for each new significant regulation issued. The ‘one-in, two-out’ method codifies a 2017 Trump-era executive order to weed out old, unnecessary, and inefficient regulations. Agencies will be required to […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) to introduce the Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act. This bill will expand Title 42 authority to turn back migrants to combat prolific drug smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border. More than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized and over 1 million migrants expelled […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced the hiring of North Idaho natives Kaci Ralstin and Marc Kilmer to lead his Lewiston and Coeur d’Alene regional offices, respectively. “I am fortunate to have two experienced Idahoans leading my North Idaho offices,” said Risch. “Kaci and Marc both have deep Idaho roots, and I am confident they […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch introduced the Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns (PLUS) Act to protect our national supply chain during upcoming maritime union negotiations. During past negotiations, maritime labor unions employed a “slowdown” tactic instead of striking, which causes substantial losses for local businesses importing and exporting goods. The PLUS Act would protect local businesses […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and 31 Republican Senators introduced a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden Administration’s 2021 Final Rule on the Title X Family Planning Program, which reversed the Trump Administration’s 2019 ban on federal funding to entities that provide abortion referrals to pregnant […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) and U.S. Congressmen Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) led 30 of their Congressional colleagues in potato-producing states in a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling on the USDA to press its counter-agency in Mexico to honor and expedite the U.S.-Mexico trade deal restoring U.S. fresh potato exports to […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), along with their colleagues from the Pacific Northwest, demanded answers from ten federal agencies involved in the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)’s exploration of plans to breach the Lower Snake River dams. The series of letters press CEQ for answers […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined 20 colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas raising concerns about recent crimes committed by individuals who crossed into the United States illegally under President Biden’s open-border policies. The letter demands answers about the impact of the […]