Press Releases
BOISE, Idaho – Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) led a letter with 14 of his Republican Senate colleagues to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue calling on the department to extend assistance to the dairy industry, which has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As large swaths of the U.S. economy have […]
BOISE, Idaho – Idaho’s congressional delegation today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Dan Brouillette encouraging further action by DOE to remove spent nuclear fuel from the Idaho National Lab (INL) consistent with the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement. The delegation stressed that while the 1995 Settlement Agreement deadline to remove spent nuclear fuel from […]
WASHINGTON — Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo along with Congressmen Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting that he provide immediate assistance to cattle producers by using the resources provided in the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stabilization (CARES) […]
Risch and Crapo urge the Trump administration to provide immediate financial assistance to rural health care providers amid COVID-19 pandemic WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators for Idaho Jim Risch and Mike Crapo sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging the prioritization of rural hospitals and clinics. The letter, […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) issued the following statement upon President Trump signing the CARES Act to battle COVID-19 into law: “I thank President Trump for signing the CARES Act into law. This has been a thoroughly bipartisan effort, with the Senate passing this legislation by a vote of 96-0, the House agreeing to […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement upon voting in favor of the CARES Act, which will deliver rapid relief to the millions of Americans who are suffering as a direct or indirect result of the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, COVID-19: “No one likes to spend this amount of money, […]
BOISE, Idaho – Today, the Idaho Delegation announced it would postpone indefinitely the remaining Service Academy Days due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The delegation will announce new dates at a later time. CANCELLED EVENTS: South Idaho April 4, 2020 1pm-3pm Gowen Field, MG Kane Aud. Readiness Ctr., Bldg. #440 Boise, ID 83705 […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after voting to approve H.R. 6201, the second supplemental funding package to combat COVID-19: “We are in the midst of a truly unprecedented time in modern U.S. history. These extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary measures. Today, I voted in support of a second bipartisan […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the State Department’s decision that the H-2A visa program be considered essential despite temporary closures of embassies and consulates abroad due to the spread of COVID-19: “These are extraordinary times, and in times such as these it is […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) issued the following statement following the announcement of the first case of COVID-19, the Chinese coronavirus, in the State of Idaho: “The announcement of Idaho’s first positive COVID-19 case is not unexpected. Given the spread of the Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19), it was inevitable this disease would cross Idaho’s […]