WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) introduced?bipartisan legislation to address a critical shortage of veterinarians in rural communities. The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act would provide tax benefits to veterinarians to encourage them to practice in rural communities. This will not only increase the care available to livestock and poultry, but also address foo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: The Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals, under the Energy & Commerce Committee, held a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for the reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to revise the primary annual PM2.5 standard. While the rule is not exp  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlights both new and longstanding unresolved security risks to the safety of confidential taxpayer information at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The report, requested by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--Idaho's U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch introduced the Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act to prevent the President and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from declaring a public health emergency to impose gun control. "Abusing national and public health emergency powers for purposes of exercising excessive government control to strip Am  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch, ranking member of the Water and Power Subcommittee, discussed the impact drought has had on Idaho and the importance of water conservation. "Idaho does water management right. We are successfully implementing aquifer recharge, canal modernization, and water storage expansion projects," said Risch. To watch Senator Risch's Opening Remarks, click here. To watch Al Barker's testimony, c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) introduced legislation to address a critical shortage of veterinarians in rural communities. The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act would provide tax benefits to veterinarians to encourage them to practice in rural communities. This will not only increase the care available to livestock and poultry, but also address  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: * * * Guest column submitted by U.S. Senator Mike Crapo According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), which is the agency primarily responsible for coordinating and conducting research and recovery efforts for America's prisoners of war (POW)s and missing in action (MIA), 361 servicemembers from Idaho are among the 81,000 Americans who remain missing from past conflicts. The vast majority, 329, of Idah  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--Following reports that provide troubling evidence of taxpayers who were directly harmed by the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) destruction of 30 million unprocessed tax returns, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are demanding information from the IRS on new and previously unanswered questions. From the letter: Recently reported informati  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Following reports that provide troubling evidence of taxpayers who were directly harmed by the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) destruction of 30 million unprocessed tax returns, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are demanding information from the IRS on new and previously unanswered questions. From the letter  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released this statement ahead of the 52nd anniversary of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly's (UNGA) passage of Resolution 2758, which switched recognition of China's representatives at the Un  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution congratulating the people of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on the 30th anniversary of their independence, and recognizing their substantial support to Ukraine against Russian aggression. The resolution is   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the need for reform at the United Nations (UN): "This year's UN General Assembly (UNGA) is not based in reality. In addition to excluding democratic Taiwan's participation, this year's UNGA has been  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and fourteen colleagues in introducing the Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act. The bill would strengthen oversight of science and technology agreements (STAs) betw  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in introducing a resolution in support The Alliance for Development in Democracy (ADD), a multilateral initiative by American al  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today welcomed Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to the U.S. Capitol for a meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "It was a pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to the U.S. Capitol today. Vietnam is an import  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 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 released the following statement ahead of the 52nd anniversary of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly's (UNGA) passage of Resolution 2758, which switched recognition of China's representativ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Collins (R-Maine), vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today offered the following comments i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today introduced bipartisan legislation to address a critical shortage of veterinarians in rural communities. The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act S.2829 would provide tax benefits to veterinarians to encourage them to practice in rural communities. This will not only increase the care available to livestock and poultry, b  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Susan Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., today offered the following comments in response to the appointment of Hon. Robert P. Storch  more