WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), alongside U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) reintroduced the Helping Unleash Benefits and Services (HUBS) for Veterans Act, bipartisan legislation to support local "network hubs" which streamline access to essential resources for veterans, servicemembers and their families. "Many community-bas  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: To preserve military readiness, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) introduced the Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act. This legislation prevents the closure of Air National Guard (ANG) fighter squadrons at a time when pilot and maintenance manning are at critically low levels. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) joined as original co-s  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) are asking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for a detailed accounting of how it has utilized the $2 billion initially awarded to it under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to supposedly help prevent unemployment insurance  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * After the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released new guidance on the global tax regime that would surrender American tax dollars to foreign governments, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) issued the following joint statement: Once again, the Biden Admini  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: On July 13th, 2023, the Energy & Mineral Resources Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 4374, the Energy Opportunities for All Act, sponsored by Rep. Eli Crane. In June 2023, the Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a Public Land Order officially imposing a 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, thereby preventing oil and natural gas leasing in the area for the n  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Water and Power Subcommittee, discussed hydropower and aging water infrastructure legislation critical to Idaho. "Water has allowed us to do everything from transform desert into fertile farmland and urban centers [and also] to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable baseload power across our region. Water is truly the lifeblood of  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following commentary on July 18, 2023: * * * Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson wrote an op-ed highlighting the importance of Community Project Funding and its role in providing critical support for Idaho's Second Congressional District. One such priority is supporting Idaho's dairy industry in Rupert, Idaho. * * * Supporting Idaho's Dairy Industry By Rep. Mike Simpson The full op-ed is available below. Agriculture plays a c  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which includes language prohibiting the listing of the greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson - Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee - authored the language that reins in ESA   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which cuts and rescinds wasteful Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson - Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee - authored language that reduces funding for the EPA by near  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: This week, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which fully funds the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson - Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee - authored the language that secures complete funding for the PILT program. "It is my hon  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of the Eagle Road Reconstruction project at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF). "Reconstructing Eagle Road is essential for improving the safety and economic develo  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of the Stanley Workforce Housing Economic Development Initiative at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF). "Between high construction costs, the short tourist season,   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: This week, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson - Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee - highlighted the inclusion of State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) for the cities of Island Park, Preston, Rexburg, and Pocatello, Idaho at his request through Co  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which repeals President Biden's overreaching Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulations. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson - Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee - authored language to prevent and block the B  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of the Treasure Valley Law Enforcement Childcare Center project at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF). "Idaho is blessed with some of the best police officers in t  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of the Workforce Housing for Critically Endangered Species Recovery project at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF). "For years, the Peregrine Fund's World Center for  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Today, the House Committee on Appropriations voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson - Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee - secured a provision related to onshore wind projects in Idaho requiring the Comptroller General to produce a report identifying potential   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and his Senate colleagues in requesting information from the IRS and calling for an investigation from the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on numerous serious reports of IRS employee misconduct. The move to hold the I  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release and letters: Following reports from multiple, diverse outlets that raise serious questions and concerns about the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) adherence to the letter and spirit of taxpayer rights--standards which IRS Commissioner Werfel has previously pledged to uphold--U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho.) and U.S. Senate Finance Commit  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on July 17, 2023: * * * Small businesses drive our economy, and are particularly essential to Idaho's economy. More than 99 percent of Idaho's businesses are small businesses, employing over 347,000 Idahoans and spurring local innovation. Therefore, Congress must extend and build on tax relief that emboldens these economic engines to grow U.S. jobs, manufacturing here at home and higher wages for hardworking families.  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today praised the Senate's passage of their legislation to approve the first trade agreement signed under the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade and set robust transparency and consultation requirements for any future agreements negotiated under the ini  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- 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) praised the Senate's passage of their legislation to approve the first trade agreement signed under the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade and set robust transparency and consultation requirements for any future agreements negotiated under the initiative. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) are asking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for a detailed accounting of how it has utilized the $2 billion initially awarded to it under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to supposedly help pr  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: After the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released new guidance on the global tax regime that would surrender American tax dollars to foreign governments, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) issued the following joint statement: O  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Following reports from multiple, diverse outlets that raise serious questions and concerns about the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) adherence to the letter and spirit of taxpayer rights--standards which IRS Commissioner Werfel has previously pledged to uphold--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are ca  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), as well as Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), as co-chairs of the Senate Abraham Accords Caucus, introduced the Regional Integration and Normalization Act, a landmark bill t  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on July 19, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Israeli President Isaac Herzog's address to a joint session of Congress today: "It was an honor to have President Herzog address a joint session of Congress today. Israel remains an example of a vibrant dem  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to U.S. Secreta  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- 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) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), co-chairs of the Senate Abraham Accords Caucus, introduced the Regional Integration and Normalization Act, a   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release and letter and letter on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and a group of senators sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern that the Biden Administration is welcoming a role for China in the diplomatic mediation of Russia's war in Ukraine. "A role for China in Ukraine will significantl  more