WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) to introduce legislation to enhance review fairness, speed, and transparency of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' (ATF) background check and application processes for National Firearms Act (NFA) items. The  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Throughout the 117th Congress, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) pressed for meaningful legislative and policy changes for the betterment of our communities and country. Today, he released his 117th Congress in Review, a compilation of some of these important accomplishments he has worked to advance. Some topics covered in the booklet include: * Support for Idaho's veterans; * Protecting Idahoans' Se  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has made protecting constitutionally-guaranteed Second Amendment rights a priority in the 118th Congress. Crapo is standing up to gun control advocates and is working to strengthen Idahoans' Second Amendment rights by sponsoring or co-sponsoring the following critical measures: * The Hearing Protection Act, which would help provide recreational gun users better  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposed guidance last week allowing nut, oat, soy and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk," Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) to introduce bipartisan legislation to combat the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names. The Defending Against Imitations and Re  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) introduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which will preserve Title IX protections for female athletes and protect fair, safe competition in women's sports across the country. This legislation would counteract the Biden Administration's plans to finalize rules in May that will force institutions to allow biologi  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), urged senior government health officials against the potential use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) or other similar discriminatory metrics in federal health programs, including the new drug price-setting program under the partisan Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: This week U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined a bill led by Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) - the Pregnancy Center Security Act - to enhance security for pro-life pregnancy centers and to protect staff and patients from violence and extremism. The legislation will establish a grant program for pregnancy-help organizations to implement security upgrades, including the installation of security cameras and syst  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she cosponsored legislation to enhance security for pro-life pregnancy centers and to protect staff and patients from potential violence and extremism. The Pregnancy Center Security Act (S.565) would create a grant program for pregnancy-help organizations to implement security upgrades, including the installation of security ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) with Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) today introduced legislation to enhance review fairness, speed, and transparency for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' (ATF) background check and application processes for National Firearms Act (NFA) items. The ATF T  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's proposed guidance last week allowing nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk," Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names. The Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, milk, and cheese to  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), with Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced the Pregnancy Center Security Act to enhance security for pro-life pregnancy centers and to protect staff and patients from potential violence and extremism. The legislation will establish a grant program for pregnancy-help organizat  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) introduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act , which will preserve Title IX protections for female athletes and protect fair, safe competition in women's sports across the country. This legislation would counteract the Biden administration's plans to finalize rules in May that will force institu  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, milk, and cheese to Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday (DAIRY PRIDE) Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would combat the unfair practice of misleading labeling of non-dairy products using dairy   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Trade Priorities-Opening More Foreign Markets To Idaho's Workers, Farmers and Businesses International trade is responsible for more than a quarter of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and supports more than 40 million American jobs. The world wants America's products and services--whether it is Idaho's high-quality potatoes and dairy products or cutting-edge memory chips. In Idaho, trade-rela  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced subcommittee leadership and membership assignments for the 118th Congress. "I am pleased to announce the Senate Foreign Relations Committee subcommittee leadership and membership for the 118th Congress, and lo  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution underscoring the threats posed by illegal, unregulated, and unreported (  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced subcommittee leadership and membership assignments for the 118th Congress. "I'm proud to join Senator Menendez in announcing SFRC subcommittee membership for the 118th Congress," said Rankin  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution underscoring the threats posed by illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: 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 nomination hearing for Vivek Hallegere Murthy, nominee to be representative of the United States on the executive board of the World Health Organization, Kathleen A. FitzGibbon, nominee   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 2, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Nigeria's recent elections: "The ongoing electoral process in Nigeria is widely viewed as deeply flawed by election observers and many Nigerians. It is disappointing to see the administration rush to   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 3, 2023: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in reaction to the Biden Administration's decision to sanction Russian nationals complicit in perpetrating human rights abuses against Russian opposition politician and d  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today named longtime aide and Idaho native Nikki Wallace as Chief of Staff, as Lindsay Slater is retiring from the House of Representatives. Slater has been Simpson's Chief of Staff for 23 years and will transition during the month of March. "Lindsay has done a tremendous job for our state. Over the years, he has worked tirelessly on the Boulder-White Clouds, th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today highlighted the inclusion of the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (CAFE) Project in the FY23 Omnibus package that was signed into law December 29, 2022. The project was included in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill at Congressman Simpson's request through Community Project Fundi  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Martin Walsh requesting an update on the Biden Administration's efforts to recover fraudulent benefits obtained through the temporary COVID-19 unemployment insurance (UI)   more