Press Releases
Measure would lower prescription drug prices while encouraging new cures and treatments for patients WASHINGTON – A recent study suggested that in 2017, 37 percent of Idaho residents stopped taking medication as prescribed due to cost. Senate health care leaders Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), and John […]
Defense bill includes support for military sexual assault survivors, pay raise for troops and specific funds for Idaho DOD facilities WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today supported the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report. This year’s NDAA charts a consensus national defense policy that continues the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), today announced that a two-year authorization of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program is included in the end-of-year funding package that will be considered by Congress this week. This significant win for rural communities in the Northwest and nationwide follows calls from […]
WASHINGTON – During a Committee on Energy and Natural Resources business meeting, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) championed Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) legislation and secured additional important revisions aimed at making these critical programs more timely and reliable. The committee reported out S. 430, a bill to extend the Secure Rural […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) today sent a letter to Neil Chatterjee, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), stressing the serious threats to U.S. national security posed by Chinese technology equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Huawei, which U.S. intelligence agencies have warned has links to the Chinese Communist Party […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has selected R & H Machine, Inc. of Caldwell as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for December 2019. R & H Machine will be recognized in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate. R […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, advocated for Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT), two programs that are of great importance to Idaho’s rural communities. In recent years, SRS and PILT funding has become unreliable, creating severe […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) sent a letter to Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to urge the committee to include workforce development programs in any reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA). “Each […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a business meeting during which two priority bills for U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) were advanced out of committee. The bills, S. 2702, the Integrated Energy Systems Act, and S. 2556, the PROTECT Act, will next be considered by the full Senate. “Strengthening […]
BOISE, Idaho – Today, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch announced that representatives from his Boise regional office will hold outreach hours at senior centers throughout the Treasure Valley in November and December to answer questions and provide resources. Representatives from the other Idaho congressional offices, the Idaho Commission on Aging, and local Area Agencies on Aging […]