WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) co-sponsored the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 to add the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). This move will add another layer of scrutiny on foreign acquisitions of U.S. farmland and agricultural industries and, specifically, flag farmland purchases by foreign adversaries like China, North Korea, Russia and Iran for CFIUS. According to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, "Lower Health Care Costs for Americans: Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act." As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. "Before I begin my remarks, I would like to take moment to welcome Theo Merkel back to the Finance Committee. "Theo served on staff for our former colleague Senator Pat Toomey, and we are  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing the STRATEGIC Act 2024, legislation to set up the United States and its allies and partners for success in the strategic competition against China. "The Biden-Harris Administration passively allows China's malign actions to go unchecked, undermining our national security interests and that of our allies," said Crapo. "This  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: In the wake of a second assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in just 65 days, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) joined 10 colleagues in introducing the Protect Our Presidents Act, which will enhance the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protection for presidential nominees to the same level currently provided to a sitting U.S. President. "Ideas we do not align with and policies we do not agree with are not thr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: With the expiration of the Republican-enacted 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) approaching at the end of 2025, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the upcoming tax policy debate, which Ranking Member Crapo (R-Idaho) called "one of the most critical issues that will face our nation next year." Crapo used the hearing as an opportunity to highlight the significant economic benefits that all Americans experienced after the TCJA's passage--especial more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: During a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on the health care provisions included in the partisan Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) highlighted the bill's devastating effect on Americans' access to reliable, affordable health care, noting stifled pharmaceutical innovation and higher premiums caused by "heavy-handed government intervention" and "top-down, problematic overhauls." Crapo focused on the IRA's drug price-fixing more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Legislation that would make it easier to clean up abandoned mines is one step closer to the president's desk. The Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, cleared the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week. The legislation received unanimous support in the U.S. Senate earlier this year, but still more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing legislation to set up the United States and its allies for success in strategic competition with China. A key provision of the bill is based on Grassley's Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act. "China is leveraging every tool at its disposal in an attempt to leapfrog America as the world's le more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) applauded the passage of the House companion to their legislation, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The legislation would make it easier for "Good Samaritans," such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean up and improve water quality in and around abandoned hardrock min more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Boise, Idaho--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) urged the U.S. Department of the Interior to adopt the "No-Action Alternative" on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project following the termination of Section 106 consultation with both the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). "It is not often that ei more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher today urged the Department of the Interior to adopt the "No-Action Alternative" on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project following the termination of Section 106 consultation with both the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). "It is not often that either of these agencies back away from a proj more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: ICYMI: Murray Leads Congressional Democrats in Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Affirm that EMTALA Requires Hospitals to Provide Emergency Stabilizing Care Including Abortion Care, Preempts Idaho's Draconian Abortion Ban ICYMI FROM PROPUBLICA: Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother's Death Was Preventable. Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Educat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: ICYMI: Murray Leads Congressional Democrats in Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Affirm that EMTALA Requires Hospitals to Provide Emergency Stabilizing Care Including Abortion Care, Preempts Idaho's Draconian Abortion Ban ICYMI FROM PROPUBLICA: Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother's Death Was Preventable. Murray: "Here in America, in the 21st century, pregnant women die, not because doctors don't know how  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher took to the House floor to urge his colleagues to support H.R. 9456, the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act, to safeguard the United States' national security and food supply chain. Below are Congressman Fulcher's remarks, as prepared: Speaker, the Chinese government poses a significant threat to our national security that should not be ignored. Yet, President Biden and Vice President Harr more PR

MERIDIAN, Idaho, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher and Mike Simpson and U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo today urged the Department of the Interior to adopt the "No-Action Alternative" on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project following the termination of Section 106 consultation with both the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). "It is not often that either of these agencies back away from a project of more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 9494, legislation to fund the federal government through March 2025 with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) attached. "Today, I voted to safeguard the integrity of our elections and prevent a massive end-of-year spending spree--something Democrats would rather shut down the government over than support--as America goes through a guaranteed White  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: This week, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson cosponsored the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024 (JUDGES Act). This legislation will add critically needed federal judgeships to resolve currently understaffed and backlogged courts--including an additional federal district judgeship in Idaho. "As Idaho's population grows, so does the number of court cases," said Rep. Simpson. "Adding a third district judgeship will reduce backlo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement upon the launch of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest Regional Energy Planning Project. "The last thing Idahoans need is the Biden-Harris administration forcing its extreme mandates on our energy planning, transmission, and infrastructure decisions. This is another thinly veiled attempt to push for breaching the lower Snake River dams. We need more reliable, baseload pow more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today introduced the STRATEGIC Act, legislation to set up the United States and its allies and partners for success in the strategic competition against China. "Despite the significant threat China poses to the United States, the U.S. Congress has failed to enact legislation in a number of crucial areas that would set up the United States, its alli more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Today, in the wake of a second assassination attempt on President Donald Trump in just 65 days, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) led 10 colleagues to introduce the Protect Our Presidents Act, which will enhance the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protection for presidential nominees to the same level currently provided to a sitting U.S. president. "The two attempts on President Trump's life and the failures of the U more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * A Step Closer To A Third Federal Judge For Idaho Idaho has needed a third federal judge for decades, and has been in a judicial emergency since 2003. I have fought for passage of legislation like S. 4199, the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024. The Senate's unanimous passage of the JUDGES Act brings us one step closer to meeting this need. The JUDGES Act of 2024 would address judicial emergencies  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, "Lower Health Care Costs for Americans: Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act." As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. "Before I begin my remarks, I would like to take moment to welcome Theo Merkel back to the Finance Committee. "Theo served on staff for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: During a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on the health care provisions included in the partisan Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) highlighted the bill's devastating effect on Americans' access to reliable, affordable health care, noting stifled pharmaceutical innovation and higher premiums caused by "heavy-handed government intervention" and "top-down, problematic overhauls. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe, yesterday urged European leaders to increase their efforts against Iran and align their sanctions with those that the U.S. has imposed to date. The letter comes after Iran transferred short-range ballistic missile more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nominations hearing. Witnesses included John McIntyre, nominee to be ambassador to Eswatini, Jeremey Neitzke, nominee to be ambassador to Lesotho, Abigail Dressel, nominee to be ambassador to Angola and Sao Tome and Principe, James Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday met with former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was wrongfully imprisoned for over five and a half years in Russia. "I was glad to meet with Paul Whelan yesterday and welcome him home after five and a half long years in Russian detention on false charges. Paul shared with me the realiti more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the State Department Office of Inspector General's (IG) report detailing how the State Department mishandled the suspension of former Special Envoy Robert more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today introduced the STRAT more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and colleagues in releasing a joint statement ahead of the United Nations General Assembly. The Palestinian Mission to the UN has submitted a disgraceful and flagrant resolution targeting the Jewish State of Israel and its rightful control over its hist more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), along with U.S. Representatives Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), in sending a letter to President Joe Biden regarding his administration's failure to enforce the law. "We urge you to follow the law and promptly make sanctions determination more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke at a press conference honoring Jimmy Lai, a political prisoner in Hong Kong. "The treatment of Jimmy Lai by the Chinese and Hong Kong governments is shameful and a travesty of justice. Mr. Lai has done nothing wrong - he is in prison for peaceful support of democracy and for publis more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: During last week's presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed to be the only candidate with a plan to help working-class people. But when given the opportunity to outline her economic vision, she avoided policy specifics, using red herrings about billionaires and big corporations. She claimed, for example, that the 2017 Trump tax cuts were "tax cuts for billionaires." This misleading rhetoric was meant to distract voters from reality her tax pl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: Last week, the Western Caucus Foundation hosted a Field Tour and Policy Forum in Boise, Idaho, with five Congressional Western Caucus Members, two Senate Western Caucus Members, congressional staff, and stakeholders in attendance. Congressional Western Caucus Members attending included Western Caucus Executive Vice Chair Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Vice Chair Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), Reps. Mike Simpson (ID-02), Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and Cliff Bentz  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the STRATEGIC Act 2024, legislation to set up the United States and its allies and partners for success in the strategic competition against China. "The STRATEGIC Act comes at an important time as the Chinese Communist Party continues its efforts to undermine security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. This legislative package contains se more PR