WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mark Warner (D-Virginia), sponsors of the bipartisan Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, today applauded a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to strengthen Horse Protection Act requirements, issuing the following statement: "As the authors of bipartisan legislation to ban the cruel a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following commentary on Aug. 15, 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 providing workforce housing and infrastructure improvements for the Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho. * * * Investing in the Future of Birds   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, was joined by Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Chuck Gra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * Fitch Ratings' Downgrade--We Cannot Wait Around For An Economic Earthquake Fitch Ratings' recent downgrade of our country's currency default rating should come as no surprise, especially when considering the rating's key drivers. This includes the federal government's last-minute and reckless mismanagement of enormous fiscal policy issues and the predicted rise of the deficit to an astounding   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week joined U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Tom Cotton (R-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement ahead of the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on August 15 and the Biden Administration's hazardous withdrawal from Afghanistan: "It's been two years since the United States haphazardly withdrew f  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and a group of Republican colleagues sent a letter to the Biden Administration demanding answers regarding the approximately $6 billion the Administration released to Iran in exchange for American prisoners. In addition to Senators Young and Scott, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Bill Hagert  more