Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), in partnership with U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), introduced the National Treasures Act to prohibit the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from attaching a content warning to any document drafted by a Founding Father. This legislation is being introduced as a result of […]
WASHINGTON – In honor of Clean Energy Week, U.S. Senator Jim Risch and Congressman Russ Fulcher (both R-Idaho) today introduced bicameral legislation to streamline the discovery and permitting process for geothermal energy projects. The Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act will bring geothermal to parity with oil and gas exploration on public lands. “Geothermal […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) announced the selection of three interns to serve in his Washington, D.C. Senate office for fall 2021. While in their roles, the interns will have the opportunity to learn about policymaking at the federal level while assisting in the daily operations of the office. “Senate internships provide Idaho’s young […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues to introduce a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 13 American servicemembers killed during heinous terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Bret Baier on Fox News to discuss today’s committee hearing on the administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. To watch on YouTube, click here. To download the video file, click here. When asked for a reaction on today’s hearing with Secretary Blinken, […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senators Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana), Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) and 29 additional Senators to call on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to swiftly develop and conduct outreach to veterans of the Global War on Terrorism […]
BOISE, Idaho – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Alexander Davis Men’s Clothing in Boise as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for September 2021. Alexander Davis Men’s Clothing will be recognized for its contribution to the […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the last U.S. military plane left Kabul, Afghanistan: “To the men and women in uniform who risked so much over the last 20 years, there are no words that appropriately recognize your steadfast […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan: “President Biden is not the first president to move toward an exit in Afghanistan, but he is the first to do so without any clear plan to protect […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) lauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of their resolution, S. Res. 349, honoring the contributions and service of the Ritchie Boys during World War II. A U.S. Army unit named for Camp Ritchie in Maryland […]