BOISE, Idaho, April 28 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to the launch of a military satellite by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: "The Iranian regime continues to prioritize its malign activity over the needs of the Iranian people. "In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and the regime's pursuit of sanctions relief, Tehran has increased the IRGC budget and diverted limited resources to a satellit  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-20-504R) is entitled "State and USAID: Status of GAO Recommendations Made in 2018". The report was sent to Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, chairman, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Relat  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 28 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Members of Idaho's congressional delegation and State Treasurer Julie Ellsworth say Idaho counties will receive a total of $23.9 million in payments this year under the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. The funds are administered through the U.S. Forest Service and based on a formula that takes into account economic activity, timber harvest levels and other considerations that vary from county to county.   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: Idaho farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers are among those continuing to work hard every day to put food on our tables--despite the personal health threat of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, and enormous strain on the agricultural sector. The intent of this column is to help clarify some of the federal assistance available to help Idaho agricultural producers weather this storm. Agriculture is facing treme  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Members of Idaho's congressional delegation and State Treasurer Julie Ellsworth say Idaho counties will receive a total of $23.9 million in payments this year under the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. The funds are administered through the U.S. Forest Service and based on a formula that takes into account economic activity, timber harvest levels and other considerations that vary from county to county. SR  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch, member and former chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, joined 21 of his Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), urging the agencies to provide an immediate administrative fix to ensure the continued oper  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 28 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Members of Idaho's congressional delegation and State Treasurer Julie Ellsworth say Idaho counties will receive a total of $23.9 million in payments this year under the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. The funds are administered through the U.S. Forest Service and based on a formula that takes into account economic activity, timber harvest levels and other considerations that vary from county to county. S  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 2 -- Sens. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on the Saudi-led coalition's decision to extend the unilateral ceasefire in Yemen through Ramadan: "The Saudi-led coalition's decision to extend the unilateral ceasefire in Yemen through the holy month of Ramadan is a positive step - one we hope they will uphold and which we hope the Houthis will reciprocate.  more