WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Missouri) and U.S. House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) raised concerns with the Biden Administration's initial drug price-setting program implementation guidance document. In a letter to U.S. Health an  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with several lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, wrote the Biden administration formally requesting the withdrawal of a pending rule to eliminate moral exemptions established to protect individuals and entities who object to some or all contraceptives, including those that can destroy human life. The let  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on April 10, 2023: * * * Biden Budget Unaffordable The White House recently released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget proposal a month late, and it would run our country deeper in debt. It would drive up federal spending to $6.9 trillion, while deficits would rise to more than $2 trillion by FY 2033. Interest on federal debt will skyrocket from $661 billion this year to more than $10 trillion over the next ten years  more