Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Idaho’s U.S. Jim Risch and Senators Mike Crapo and U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher (all R-Idaho) joined the other 48 Republican Senators and 155 Republican members of the House of Representatives in challenging President Biden’s vaccine mandate under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) by introducing a joint resolution of disapproval of […]

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) voted unanimously to pass bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) that will enhance online access to the nation’s outdoor recreational opportunities. The bill, the Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAPLand) Act, will digitize public land mapping records to increase outdoor recreation […]

WASHINGTON – Upon the Biden administration’s move to formally repeal the commonsense Trump-eraNavigable Waters Protection rule, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) today condemned the return of a standard that will result in severe uncertainty and costly red tape for Idaho’s water users.  “The Obama administration’s WOTUS rule declared temporary puddles would be held […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.) and 16 colleagues in calling a new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) pilot program a threat to mail delivery and a misguided attempt to federalize financial services. In a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the Senators question the USPS’s authority to […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and 40 additional colleagues in sending a letter to the heads of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to request immediate action to transition federal workers […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) celebrated the Senate’s passage of a Bipartisan Senate Resolution to recognize the bravery and sacrifice of wildland firefighters and first responders. The Resolution, S. Res. 436, was introduced by Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Republican colleagues in introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 to block President Biden’s reported plan to spend upwards of $1 billion to provide $450,000 per person in taxpayer money for settlements for illegal immigrants.    “The Biden administration’s […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) in sending a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Chair Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) calling for a congressional […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and 38 of their Senate Republican colleagues to formally disapprove and nullify President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on private employees under the Congressional Review Act: the official process for Congress to overturn an executive branch rule. “The egregious federal overreach […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) have joined over two dozen Republican colleagues to introduce a resolution supporting parents’ rights to be fully and actively involved in the education of their children. The resolution specifically denounces restricting parental involvement in their children’s education and demands Attorney General Merrick Garland rescind the Department of […]