BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) in calling out the Biden administration for its plan to block funding for elementary and secondary schools that have hunting and archery programs. The letter condemns the Biden administration's attempt to use last year's gun control bill to justify defunding schools with hunter and archery education programs. More t  more

MADISONVILLE, Louisiana, Aug. 23 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) in raising concerns about the Biden administration's decision to release $6 billion in frozen assets to the Islamic Republic of Iran in exchange for the release of five American detainees. In the letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the senators expressed concerns that  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 23 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in calling out the Biden administration for its plan to block funding for elementary and secondary schools that have hunting and archery programs. The letter condemns the Biden administration's attempt to use last year's gun control bill to justify defunding schools with hunter and archery education programs. More than 500  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on Aug. 21, 2023: * * * Supporting Idaho's Men And Women In Uniform Congress created the precursor for what became the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) when it passed the National Security Act of 1947 and later amended it in 1949. The law required the reorganization of our country's military functions to provide more coordinated and effective direction, rather than our nation's military functions continuing to operat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) expelled Taiwan and admitted the People's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- 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, U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Central American Parliament (PARLA  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 26 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 25, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on this week's elections in Zimbabwe: "The 2023 elections in Zimbabwe were a sham. The government weaponized the judiciary, silenced the opposition, manipulated the accreditation of observers, and crea  more