Press Releases
The Tree Spiking Mitigation Act will reduce the dangers that trees spiked by eco-terrorists pose to firefighters, loggers, and sawmill workers. WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced S.2506, the Tree Spiking Mitigation Act. This legislation will reduce […]
Biden Administration Attempting to Revert to Obamacare Rule that Violates the Law, Increases Taxpayer-Funded Abortion WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), today joined Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and 25 additional Senate colleagues in issuing a public comment letter today opposing the Biden Administration’s attempt to ignore congressional intent and the […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced the Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act, with Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) introducing the House companion bill. The legislation will extend full partnership eligibility for the Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) program – which facilitates federal forest restoration and management projects – to Tribes and Counties. […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) introduced bicameral legislation to better manage firesheds, or landscapes at extremely high risk of catastrophic fire. The Forest Improvements through Research and Emergency Stewardship for Health Ecosystem Development and Sustainability (FIRESHEDS) Act, would allow governors to enter into joint agreements with land management agencies to […]
On tree-spiking: “What happens when the saw hits this spike is what happens in a war when a hand grenade goes off.” WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), senior member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) reintroduced their Investing in Main Street Act to increase investment in small businesses by permitting banks to invest up to 15 percent of their capital in Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC). The dramatic increase in capital for the SBIC program would be deployed […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced legislation to reduce the more than $28 trillion of debt held by the general public and curb unjustified spending at the federal level. The Zero Based Budget Act would cut wasteful spending and reduce U.S. debt by requiring government agencies to justify their spending levels every six-years with a zero-based […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), along with 22 additional Senate Republican colleagues, in urging President Biden not to revoke Title 42, a critical tool implemented last year to protect public health. Issued by the Centers for Disease Control and enforced by […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) spoke in response to a bombshell letter from the retired special agent in charge of investigating a 1989 tree spiking operation in Clearwater National Forest in Idaho. In the letter, Retired Special Agent Michael Merkley detailed how Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s nominee to be director of the Bureau […]
Energy Committee Republicans Highlight Nominee’s False & Misleading Statements, Past Ties to Eco-Terrorism in Idaho WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), and all of their Republican committee colleagues sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to withdraw the nomination of […]