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 Florence’s Exquisite Chocolates in Rexburg as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for November 2021. Florence’s Exquisite Chocolates will be recognized for its contribution to the Rexburg community in the Congressional […]
WASHINGTON – At the urging of the Idaho Congressional Delegation, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today approved the Idaho Hispanic Foundation (IHF) for a Community Navigator Pilot Program grant. This grant will enable the IHF, in concert with the Idaho Women’s Business Center, to support entrepreneurial activities in traditionally underserved areas of Idaho. “Idaho’s small businesses […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) in urging the Pentagon to take immediate action to step up suicide prevention efforts with the introduction of the Save Our Servicemembers (S.O.S.) Act, which directs the Pentagon to evaluate the effectiveness of their suicide prevention […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement regarding today’s shooting at the Boise Towne Square Mall: “All of Boise and all of Idaho grieves for those lost and those injured in today’s shooting at the Boise Towne Square Mall. This is an unimaginable tragedy. Vicki and I are praying for those impacted by today’s […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to introduce legislation to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing Democrats’ plan to give the agency access to transaction information of virtually every American. “It’s madness that Democrats’ proposal granting the IRS the power to spy on everyday Idahoans’ lawful, private […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) issued the following statement regarding today’s vote to raise the federal debt ceiling by $480 billion through December 3rd: “I will not help Democrats raise the debt ceiling to fuel their reckless deficit spending. The debt limit crisis is a crisis of their own making. This is their mess to […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho), Dan Sullivan (R-Ala.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) have reintroduced the Judicial Reorganization Act, S. 2970, to split the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in order to allow for more efficient caseload processing. “When the Ninth Circuit Court serves nearly twice the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 18 of their Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas to address reports that thousands of migrants in Del Rio, Texas were released into the interior of the U.S. instead of facing removal as […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) led eight Republican colleagues in introducing legislation that would bring parity to gun owners using public lands. The Recreational Lands Defense Act would restore Second Amendment rights of individuals recreating on lands managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). Co-sponsors of the legislation […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined members of the Senate Western Caucus and Congressional Western Caucus Members to reveal a holistic, outcome-based conservation proposal titled, “Western Conservation Principles.” The proposal, which serves as an alternative to the Biden Administration’s “30 by 30 initiative” and America the Beautiful report, is a blueprint for […]