Press Releases
WASHINGTON – During a year that’s been unlike any other, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Idaho Governor Brad Little hailed the kick-off of National Small Business Week and the strength and tenacity of Idaho’s small business owners. This year’s National Small Business Week, which will be hosted online by the U.S. Small Business Administration, […]
BOISE, Idaho – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), issued the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Vicki’s and my thoughts and prayers go out to Justice Ginsburg’s family. I did not know her well but I admired her commitment to public service and intellect, though I disagreed with her politically. I did, […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to President Trump asking him to request urgently needed assistance from foreign fire agencies to help combat historic wildfires raging throughout the western […]
Washington – Members of Idaho’s Congressional delegation, U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, as well as U.S. Representative Mike Simpson, welcomed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) award of a $20 million grant under the competitive Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) program to an Idaho-Wyoming partnership project. The funding for the Teton Mobility […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) spoke at an Energy and Natural Resources hearing about the devastating wildfires raging in the western United States, and landmark forest management reform legislation he has cosponsored to protect forestland and communities during wildfire season. “Right now, there are more than a dozen fires burning thousands of acres throughout Idaho, the vast majority […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Trinity at City Beach in Sandpoint as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for September 2020. Trinity at City Beach will be recognized for their contribution to the Sandpoint community in […]
Bill Protects Communities from Deadly Wildfires, Improves Forest Health, Supports Rural Jobs WASHINGTON – Amid the catastrophic wildfires burning in the western United States, U.S. Senators for Idaho Jim Risch and Mike Crapo have signed on in support of major, bipartisan forest management reform legislation. The Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020, which was introduced last […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators for Idaho Jim Risch and Mike Crapo announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award the City of Ponderay $1.4 million and the Nez Perce Tribe $19.1 million in funding as part of the Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) competitive grant program. This funding will help the City […]
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) announced the selection of two interns to serve in his Washington, D.C. office for Fall 2020. 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. “This Senate intern session is […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Idaho’s U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo voted on the motion to proceed to consideration of the Targeted Relief Package introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) earlier this week. The measure would have provided coronavirus relief funding to support American families, schools, small businesses and the health care industry as […]