Press Releases
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 […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on S.614, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act. The legislation, which was introduced by Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and is cosponsored by Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, would remove the grizzly bear from the endangered species list in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators for Idaho Jim Risch and Mike Crapo sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue requesting funds in the CARES Act be provided to wheat growers of all wheat varieties to address price impacts from COVID-19. “As Members of Congress representing wheat-producing states, we write regarding the […]
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) are calling on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to continue to advocate for increased access for United States fresh potato exports to Mexico during any trade negotiations with the Mexican government. “Although […]
BOISE, Idaho – Today, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the fifth and final volume of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, entitled “Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities.” Volume 5 clearly demonstrates that the committee found no evidence that then-Candidate Trump colluded or attempted to collude with Russia during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, a critical […]