WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately act to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act. This legislation would reauthorize and strengthen the RECA program which was approved by the Senate with strong bipartisan support in March. This legislation is critical for communities and individuals who have  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced legislation under the Congressional Review Act to stop Biden's Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule for heavy-duty vehicle emission standards that would require 30-40% of all new trucks be electric in just eight years. This legislation is being introduced alongside U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Colleagues: No Student Loan Bailouts for Campus Criminals Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, legislation preventing any pro-Hamas protestor on college campuses convicted of a crime from having their student loans forgiven. The bill comes after widespread, anti-Semitic protests continue to spread on college campuses across the United States.  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter led by Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-New Mexico) urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately act to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (RECA). In March, the Senate passed the legislation, which would reauthorize and strengthen the RECA program. Signing RECA into law is critical for communities and individuals who have s  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to President Biden calling for his administration to withdraw its support for two international agreements being considered at this month's World Health Assembly that would grant greater authority to the dysfunctional World Health Organization (WHO) and potentially weaken United States sovereignty.   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) are taking a strong stand against antisemitism. Idaho's Senators sponsored a resolution to condemn the recent explosion of antisemitism on U.S. college campuses. The resolution, led by Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), calls out university presidents who have enabled and refused to act against antisemitism and urges the U.S. Department of Education to take neces  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) to introduce the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, legislation preventing any pro-Hamas protestor on college campuses convicted of a crime from having their student loans forgiven. The bill comes after widespread, antisemitic protests continue to spread on college campuses across the United States. "This legislation sends a str  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representatives Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) introduced Congressional Review Act legislation in the Senate and House to block the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandates. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new emissions regulations which would require up to two-thirds of new cars  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo , Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today announced plans to file a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval to block the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule. The rule prohibits Americans from exercising their Second Amendment Rights. The interim final rule severely restricts the ability of American firearm, ammu  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. SenatorMartin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the unanimous passage of his legislation in the Senate to ban imports of Russian uranium to the United States. The bill now heads to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. In addition to Heinrich, the legislation was led in the Senate by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and cosponsored by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: This week, the United States House of Representatives passed the Western Economic Security Today (WEST) Act. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson--a cosponsor of the WEST Act--voted in favor of this legislation. This bill withdraws the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) recently finalized "Public Lands Rule" and would prevent future issuance of a substantially similar rule. The BLM's rule is a seismic shift in public l  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) demanded the Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland provide a list of supporters for the Lava Ridge energy project in Idaho. His exchange happened during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the President's budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2025. Upon the Senator's repeated questions, Secretary Haaland acknowledged  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Resolution of Disapproval would overturn the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security's rule that would permanently extend the current "pause" on firearm export licenses Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today announced plans to file a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval to block the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry a  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on April 29, 2024: * * * Centennial Celebration For Craters Of The Moon--An Extraordinary Idaho Landscape And Living Laboratory A Boise taxidermist by trade, Robert Limbert's explorations and depictions of Idaho one hundred years ago helped to establish one of Idaho's most unique and vast monuments and preserves. "The 'Valley of the Moon' lies in a region literally combed with underground caves and passages, bewilde  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) released a legislative proposal to address persistent economic problems leading to shortages of generic medicines plaguing America's health care system, including chemotherapy drugs and ADHD medications. "Prescription drug shortages are fueling high prices and limiting a  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today released a draft legislative proposal to address persistent economic problems leading to shortages of generic medicines plaguing America's health care system, including chemotherapy drugs and ADHD medications. "It is unacceptable that America is consistently runn  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled "Hacking America's Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What's Next." As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you Mr. Witty for being here today. "On February 21, 2024, UnitedHealth Group learned th  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote a bipartisan letter with 11 colleagues to the Prime Minister of Georgia following the re-introduction of a law that would force non-governmental organiz  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on conflict and humanitarian emergency in Sudan. Witnesses included The Honorable Tom Perriello, U.S. special envoy for Sudan. Ranking Member Risch gave the following remarks: "Tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) yesterday joined the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to President Biden calling for his administration to withdraw its support for two international agreements being considered at this month's World He  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) applauded the unanimous passage of their bill H.R. 1042. H.R. 1042 is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' (R-Wash.) companion bill to S.763, which was sponsored by Senators Risch and Barrasso. This bipartisan legislation bans imports of R  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and U.S. Representatives John James (R-Mich.-10) and Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho-01) introduced bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) legislation in the Senate and House to block the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandates. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new emissions regulations which would require up t  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced new cosponsors and organizational support for their bipartisan, bicameral Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), including U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security. Along with Senator Welch, the following senator  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said today that he has joined U.S. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Rand Paul R-Ky., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho to press the Department of Homeland Security about its use of border search authority on electronic devices, including details on what data is retained from these searches, how it is stored, and who has access. The senators' letter inquired about how U.S. Customs and Border Protec  more