WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Last week, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) reintroduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 15-21, 2024, as National Osteopathic Medicine Week. The bipartisan resolution recognizes the service and dedication of Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) and school  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11151) on April 22, 2024, by legislative attorneys Wen W. Shen and Jennifer A. Staman: * * * EMTALA Emergency Abortion Care Litigation Over Idaho's Abortion Restriction Heads to the Supreme Court The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in Moyle v. United States, a case about access to emergency abortion services. Specifically, the case concerns whether the Emergency Medical  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statements on Senate passage of the national security supplemental package: "This legislation takes a firm stance against world antagonists as the United States and our allies continue to face external threats from Russia, China  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and 24 Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging them to restore order to campuses that have been effectively shut down by antisemitic mobs that are targeting Jewish students. The Senators requested Attorney General Garland and Secre  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: LIVINGSTON, N.J. - Today, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) - along with Cooperman Barnabas Emergency Department physicians, hospital leadership, and local elected officials - spoke about the need to ensure patients can access life-saving abortion care in emergency situations. Sherrill's advocacy comes as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from anti-abortion politicians in Idaho, who are attempt  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Boise, Idaho--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), along with Representative Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Idaho State Treasurer Julie Ellsworth, announced Idaho counties will receive a total of $22.8 million in payments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 under the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. Under Idaho law, 30 percent of the SRS funding goes to counties to help with schools and the remaining 70   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the consolidated cases, Idaho v. United StatesandMoyle v. United States, to determine if the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) preempts Idaho's law criminalizing most abortions in the state: "Since Trump-appointed judges on the Supreme Court ove  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 24 Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging them to restore order to campuses that have been effectively shut down by antisemitic mobs that are targeting Jewish students. The Senators requested Attorney General Garland and Secretar  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Working Forests Caucus Co-Chairs Lead Passage of Resolution Honoring April 26th as Arbor Day? Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine), Co-Chairs of the Senate Working Forests Caucus, welcomed the news of the Senate's unanimous passage of their resolution recognizing today, April 26, 2024 as Arbor Day. The resolution encourages the planting of trees across the U.S. on the 152nd Arbor Day. "Idaho  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on April 22, 2024: * * * Biden's Economic-Growth-Stifling Budget Proposals As Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, I had another opportunity recently to question a member of President Biden's Cabinet about troubling proposals in the President's budget request to Congress. This time it was U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who appeared before the Committee to defend the President's stagge  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released the following statements on Senate passage of the national security supplemental package: "Our first obligation as Congress is the safety and security of   more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, today led 12 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the Prime Minister of Georgia following the re-introduction of a law that would force no  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statements in support of legislation passed out of committee today: End Iranian Terrorism (End IT) Act and Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act "The Middle East is in an unprecedented period of turmoil. Last  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- 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, yesterday introduced the Embassy in a Box Act, legislation requiring the State Department to create and implement a process for better supporting new diplomatic missions. "As the State Department moves to open small embassies to advance our diplomatic interests   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration's decision not to certify the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia for ITAR exemptions under AUKUS: "The Biden Administration's determination that the UK and Australia do not have a syst  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- 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 Senator Murray: "The stakes of this case cannot be understated: Republicans are trying to deny pregnant women whose water breaks dangerously early, or who are experiencing uncontrollable h  more