WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on May 25, 2023: * * * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement on the House Ways and Means Committee Republicans' introduction of the Defending American Jobs and Investment Act. "I support Chairman Smith and Ways and Means Republicans' efforts to pursue measures to dissuade foreign countries from taxing U.S. companies and collecting U.S. revenue in a manner incons  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) applaud the recent Supreme Court ruling clarifying the definition of "the waters of the United States." This decision reins in the federal government's role in water policy and provides much-needed clarity for Idaho's farmers and ranchers. In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito ruled in favor of the petitioners and said wetlands are covered only if th  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Congressman Russ Fulcher (R-ID) issued a statement in support of the Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA, a case that has far-reaching implications for property owners across the nation and the way "waters of the U.S." (WOTUS) are regulated. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the Sacketts, an Idaho family. "The Supreme Court's decision to reject the EPA's expanded definition of WOTUS and uphold  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Paul A. Gosar, R-Arizona, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: U.S. Representative Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09) issued the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court's decision in the case, Sackett v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which ruled in favor of the Sacketts, an Idaho family who have been in a 15-year battle with the EPA over plans to build a home on their residential land: "Today's unanimous   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), James Risch (R-Idaho.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) announced the creation of a new Senate National Labs Caucus. The National Lab Network conducts cutting-edge research to advance and deploy technologies that are critical to maintaining sustainable economic growth in the U.S. and safeguarding our national security. The Senate Nation  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 26 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced legislation to promote economic growth and ensure small business tax relief is made permanent. "In 2017, Congress passed the landmark Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to update our tax code, spur economic growth, and ensure Idahoans kept more of their hard-earned dollars, but Democrats have worked to roll back all that progress," said Risch. "Providing small businesses with pe  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today introduced the Forest Improvements through Research and Emergency Stewardship for Healthy Ecosystem Development and Sustainability (FIRESHEDS) Act to increase active forest management in high fire risk areas. "Years of federal mismanagement have transformed Idaho's once-healthy and productive forests into a tinderbox. These misguided policies have led to extreme fuel build  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on May 22, 2023: * * * Fighting For Regulatory Relief For Idaho Farmers And Ranchers Federal agricultural-related regulation too often results in more time, more paperwork, more money, more ambiguity, more headaches and more stress for those working to get food on our tables without any real benefits for workers, consumers, taxpayers or the environment. Regulations should be carefully thought through and reviewed, wit  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks at a hearing on May 11, 2023, entitled "Cross-Border Rx: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and U.S. International Tax Policy": * * * "Almost eight years ago--before the Republican-enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act--this Committee's bipartisan working group concluded: our international tax system was 'clearly broken.' "Inversions were on the rise, used as a defensive strategy by U  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on May 25, 2023: * * * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement on the House Ways and Means Committee Republicans' introduction of the Defending American Jobs and Investment Act: "I support Chairman Smith and Ways and Means Republicans' efforts to pursue measures to dissuade foreign countries from taxing U.S. companie  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 25 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on May 23, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned certain Chinese companies from using microchips made by Micron Technology: "The CCP's actions against Micron are blatantly coercive, and have nothing to do   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today voted in favor of H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act. This legislation would permanently place fentanyl-related substances into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), empower law enforcement to keep fentanyl off our streets, and support research efforts to understand the impacts of fentanyl in the United States. "Fentanyl is an absolute plague teari  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: Yesterday, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson cosponsored H.R. 3397, legislation that would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw its "Conservation and Landscape Health" proposed rule. The proposed rule would significantly impact how Idahoans interact with and enjoy the 12 million acres of BLM-managed land across Idaho by changing the longstanding and well-understood multiple-use a  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to side with the Sacketts, an Idaho couple who wanted to build a home on their own property, and limit federal jurisdiction over wetlands under the Clean Water Act. "This decision will bring the regulation of the Clean Water Act closer to the Trump Administration's 2020 Navigable Waters Protectio  more