WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled "Work and Social Security Disability Benefits: Addressing Challenges and Creating Opportunities." As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing examining how work can affect eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and Supplemental Sec  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) applauded Senate passage of legislation to boost development and deployment of new nuclear technologies and facilitate American nuclear leadership. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, cosponsored by Crapo and Risch and included as a part of the Fire Grants and Safety Act, passed the Senate with broad support.   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Joe Manchin (I-West Virginia), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) in introducing the Guarding Readiness Resources Act. This legislation provides an exemption from the Miscellaneous Receipts Act for State Active Duty (SAD) reimbursement payment  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined bipartisan legislation, the Preserving JROTC Programs Act, which would reduce the statutory enrollment requirement for U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs from 100 to 50 students to prevent programs from shuttering. This bill will directly benefit Idaho schools with JROTC programs, one of which is currently on probationary sta  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined his colleagues in a letter to the Biden Administration demanding answers for Custom and Border Protection's (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) failure to share information about the apprehension and subsequent release of suspects on the terror watchlist into the U.S. "It is evident that the agencies responsible for securing our nation's southern border have  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, Governor Brad Little, and Lieutenant Governor Scott Bedke (all R-Idaho) today, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning calling out the administration's failure to address widespread opposition of the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project. The   more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule. "Our nation has needed permitting reform for quite some time, and this move by the Biden Administration pushes back progress by decades. Instead of unleashing the power of American ingenuity   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), James Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and John Thune (R-South Dakota) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the U.S. Department of Justice's position on the International Criminal Co  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Call Out CBP, ICE Lack of Information-Sharing at Southern Border? Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) led his colleagues in a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers for Custom and Border Protection's(CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's(ICE) failure to share information about the apprehension and subsequent release of suspects on the terror watchlist into the U.S. "It is evident that the agenc  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: ADVANCE Act Heads to President's Desk ?Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) applauded Senate passage of legislation to boost development and deployment of new nuclear technologies and facilitate American nuclear leadership. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, cosponsored by Risch and Crapo and included as a part of the Fire Grants and Safe  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher, Governor Brad Little, and Lieutenant Governor Scott Bedke today, sent a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning calling out the administration's failure to address widespread opposition of the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project. The BLM's Final Enviro  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule. "The Biden administration's expansion of NEPA regulations is just their latest effort to strangle American innovation. This rule would allow 'social effects' to serve as an all-encompa  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and eight of their colleagues recently sent a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers for Custom and Border Protection's (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) failure to share information about the apprehension and subsequent release of suspects on the terror watchlist into the U.S. "It is evident that the agencies resp  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following remarks from a June 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Youth Residential Treatment Facilities: Examining Failures and Evaluating Solutions": * * * "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. "Three weeks ago, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to celebrate the child welfare system's progress resulting from enactment of the Family First Prevention Services Act. "We heard from witnesses abou  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled "Work and Social Security Disability Benefits: Addressing Challenges and Creating Opportunities." As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing examining how work can affect eligibility for Social Security D  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the U.S. Capitol. "It was a pleasure to welcome Mr. Secretary General Stoltenberg to the Senate today ahead of the 75th anniversary of NATO. "With so many grave security threats facing o  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 20, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration's decision to bypass his hold on funding for the ill-conceived Haiti Multinational Security Support Mission (Haiti MSS): "The Biden Administration's choice to override the hol  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- 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, along with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and John Thune (R-S.D.), sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garlan  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Maintaining Our Ironclad Commitment to Israel's Security Act, legislation to provide for congressional oversight of proposed changes to arms sales to Israel. "The Biden Administr  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Call Out CBP, ICE Lack of Information-Sharing at Southern Border Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and eight of their Senate Republican colleagues in a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers for Custom and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) failure to share information about the apprehension and subsequent release of suspects  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on June 17, 2024: * * * Weekly Column: D-Day Anniversary--Marking The Price Of Freedom * * * On the western side of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., stands a blue wall, called the Freedom Wall. The wall is adorned with 4,048 gold stars--each represents 100 American service personnel who died in World War II or remain missing. This means more than 400,000 Americans gave their lives to not only protect o  more