WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 25 after the State Department released its 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report: "I applaud the State Department's release of the 2020 Trafficking in Persons report today. Human trafficking is a serious, global issue that affects an estimated 25 million people. "Unfortunately, this report highlights that there is still much work to be done to ensure we put an  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, commended the declaration by the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) that the Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) outbreak that has ravaged northeastern DRC since August 2018 has ended. "As the world battles the coronavir  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok about Sudan's historic transition. "I was glad to speak with Prime Minister Hamdok this afternoon to discuss a number of important issues, including the statutory and policy process for the United States to lift Sudan's State S  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 25 on the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War: "On this day 70 years ago, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the Republic of Korea (ROK). Millions of U.S., ROK, and United Nations Command soldiers and civilians fought, suffered, and lost their lives in the   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently welcomed eight new committee interns for the summer term. "I'm glad to welcome a new group of talented interns to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for this summer," said Risch. "As we continue to face unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, and Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement after the Chinese government announced it will prosecu  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island), James Risch (R-Idaho), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), and Doug Jones (D-Alabama) have introduced the American Foundries Act of 2020, a bill that supports the production and development of microelectronics in the United States. The Senators aim to   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following floor remarks at a hybrid hearing to conduct oversight of the Export-Import Bank on June 26: "Welcome to our witness, the Honorable Kimberly Reed, President and Chairman of the Board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. "We welcome you back, Chairman Reed. It has been almost exactly a year since your last appearance before this committee. "To  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) introduced the American Foundries Act of 2020, a bill that supports the production and development of microelectronics in the United States. The Senators aim to include the bill as an amendment in t  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Jim Risch, D-Idaho, Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey and Cory Gardner, D-Colorado, after the Chinese government announced it will prosecute two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, on alleged spying charges. Kovrig and Spavor were detained on Dec. 10, 2018 in retaliation for Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's arrest by Canadian authorities: * * *  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Angus King (I-Maine) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) reintroduced the bipartisan Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act, S. 4074, to protect property owners' rights, defend innocent Americans and restore the Fifth Amendment's role in civil forfeiture proceedings. "Requiring Americans to prove their property should not have been taken by the government,  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators for Idaho Mike Crapo and Jim Risch introduced legislation to remove a roadblock to responsible forest management efforts on federal lands. The bill, which was led by U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana), will provide a legislative fix to the misguided Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. United States Forest Service (Cottonwood) lawsuit which has tied up forest management projects. If enacted,   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators for Idaho Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 Senators in introducing legislation, S. 4019, to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. If passed, the federal government would observe the holiday in parity with Idaho's existing recognition of the celebration. "Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of ending slavery in the United States," Crapo and Risch sa  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators for Idaho Jim Risch and Mike Crapo introduced legislation to remove a roadblock to responsible forest management efforts on federal lands. The bill, which was led by U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), will provide a legislative fix to the misguided Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. United States Forest Service (Cottonwood) lawsuit which has tied up forest management projects. If enacted, t  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators for Idaho Jim Risch and Mike Crapo joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 Senators in introducing legislation, S. 4019, to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. If passed, the federal government would observe the holiday in parity with Idaho's existing recognition of the celebration. "Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of ending slavery in the United States," Risch and Crapo   more

BOISE, Idaho, June 27 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 26: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, today relea  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 27 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following joint statement with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, encouraging Guyanese authorities to begin a democratic transition of power that reflects results of the March 2 general and regional elections: "Nearly four months since their national election, the Guyanese people are still waiting for an official result following the general and regional elections in their nati  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: Clean and safe drinking water is a necessity. We all need clean water, and it must be a priority for every community in our country. In the places where we do not have the assurance that water flowing through the faucets is safe, inadequate infrastructure should be addressed. I led a bipartisan letter urging Senate appropriators to dedicate robust funding to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Wa  more