WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following statement on Aug. 10, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued the following statement after President Biden endorsed Senator Hawley's legislation to compensate victims of government-caused nuclear contamination originating from the Manhattan Project. Senator Hawley's legislation was adopted by the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act in July. The legislation was introduced with support fro  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 9 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) with several colleagues introduced the Small Business Growth Act to help small businesses, farmers, and ranchers purchase the equipment and supplies they need to build their operations and support their employees. The Small Business Growth Act will reduce taxes for business owners looking to purchase equipment--including farmi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on Aug. 7, 2023: * * * Connecting Idaho Veterans With Needed Services Programs to support veterans do not achieve the progress they aim to if veterans do not know about or have trouble accessing them. Many community-based organizations in Idaho provide crucial long-term, holistic support for veterans, linking veterans to needed services. I recently co-led the reintroduction of S. 2431, the Helping Unleash Benefits and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following remarks at an open executive session on July 26, 2023, on the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act: * * * "Thank you, Mr. Chairman--and thank you to both you and your staff for the tireless work and collaboration that have made this process so successful. "In March, when we held a hearing on access gaps and affordability challenges faced by many seniors in Medicare P  more