WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Steve Daines (R-Montana) today sent a letter to President Biden voicing severe concerns regarding the Administration's efforts to breach the lower Snake River dams. The effort, outlined in September in the "Memorandum on Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin," h  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines, along with Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), sent a letter to President Biden regarding severe concerns over the administration's efforts to breach the lower Snake River dams. The effort, outlined in September in the "Memorandum on Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin," h  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch, member and former-chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Vickers Western Store in Pocatello as a Local Gem. This recognition is part of the fourth annual Support Local Gems All Season Long initiative, which is a public awareness campaign Senator Risch created to encourage Idahoans to support the small businesses  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch with several Republican Senators is raising alarm bells with U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Granholm regarding a troubling report on the state of the counterintelligence enterprise at the Department, and questioning whether this report played a role in the reassignment of Steven Black. Black was reassigned to a new position in the Department after leading the Office of Intellig  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today sent a letter to President Biden voicing severe concerns regarding the administration's efforts to breach the lower Snake River dams.  The effort, outlined in September in the "Memorandum on Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin," highlighted the go  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on Nov. 20, 2023: * * * Expanding Markets For Idaho Specialty Crops Idaho farmers grow specialty crops in abundance. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, flowers and more, and are distinct from what are considered the traditional staple crops of wheat, sugar beets, dairy and meat. Idaho's specialty crops range from the famous Idaho potato, to onions, peas, lentils, hops, honey, apples,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks at a Nov. 2, 2023, confirmation hearing for Martin O'Malley to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration: * * * "Thank you, Senator Wyden. "Governor O'Malley, congratulations on your nomination and thank you for your willingness to serve. "This nomination is long overdue, coming more than two years after President Biden removed the prior Senate-confirmed C  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at an open executive session on Nov. 2, 2023, to consider nominations of Marjorie A. Rollinson to be chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, and Demetrios L. Kouzoukas and Patricia Hart Neuman to be public trustees for Social Security and Medicare: * * * Good morning. Ms. Rollinson has been nominated to serve as Chief Counsel of the IRS and Assistant General C  more

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2023: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on reports of the Chinese navy injuring Australian divers with sonar pulses near Japan: "China's latest provocation on the high seas, this time directed at Australia, is more than risky operational behavio  more