WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on March 14, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications "I voted to pass H.R. 7521 today to stop the Chinese Communist Party from manipulating, surveilling, and targeting American citizens. Apps such as TikTok give the Chinese Communist Party the ability to engage in psychologica  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) delivered the following statement at a hearing entitled "American Made: Growing U.S. Manufacturing Through the Tax Code". As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. "During last Thursday's State of the Union address, using 'fair share' rhetoric, President Biden laid out his plans for making American manufacturers mor  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Senators John Thune (R-S.D.); John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee; and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, in pressing U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department of A  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Last week, the United States House of Representatives passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson voted in favor of this legislation. This package includes the Agriculture, Rural Development Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. This bill preserves funding for America's farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, and incl  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson cosponsored the Waiving Arbitrary and Inconsistent Veteran Home Requirements (WAIVER) Act. This bill would require the United States Veterans Administration (VA) to issue waivers for veterans' health and housing facilities that were approved prior to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA). "It's important for the VA to follow through with this waiver commitment so we can fu  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of $1,852,000 for the Butte County Buildings Infrastructure Project in Butte County, Idaho, at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Despite claims that CPF projects are "wasteful earmarks," Community Project Fun  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of $1,000,000 for the Rock Creek Conservation Project in Twin Falls, Idaho, at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. "The Rock Creek Watershed serves as an important tributary to the Mid-S  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion $4,000,000 for the Stanley Workforce Housing Economic Development Initiative in Stanley, Idaho, at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bill.  Despite claims that CPF projects are "wasteful earmarks," Community Project Funding gives Members of Co  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Jim Risch, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of Tracy General Store in Almo as the Idaho Small Business of the Month for March 2024. The Tracy General Store will be recognized for its contribution to the Southern Idaho community in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate. "The Tracy General Store is the longest  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses and mandate these aliens be detained until they are removed from the United States. The legislation also empo  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: * * * Pursuing Solutions For Idahoans Impacted By Drug Shortages For treatments targeting any number of conditions, from pediatric cancer to mental health ailments, our ability to prevent and resolve drug shortages can mean the difference between life and death. As Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Finance Committee, I have been working to develop meaningful policy improvements to reverse the current rise in   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Minority Whip; John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Mike Crapo (R-Idaho.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and 18 of their Senate GOP colleagues in urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department of Agricul  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- 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) renewed their call for the passage of their bipartisan legislation to crack down on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their shadowy tactics that drive up the cost of prescription drugs and force pharmacies across the country to shutter their doors. Ahead of a press  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo R-Idaho, today renewed their call for the passage of their bipartisan legislation to crack down on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their shadowy tactics that are driving up the cost of prescription drugs and forcing pharmacies across the country to close their doors.   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- 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) delivered the following statement at a hearing entitled "American Made: Growing U.S. Manufacturing Through the Tax Code". As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. "During last Thursday's State of the Union address, using 'fair share' rhetoric, President Biden laid out his plans for mak  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- 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 delivered the following remarks at a hearing on the President's fiscal year 2025 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. As prepared for delivery: "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Secretary Becerra, for being here today. "Over the course of th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: The United States stands to lose billions of revenue under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) plan to reallocate global taxing rights--known as Pillar One--negotiated by the Biden Administration, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT). JCT estimates that about 70 percent of the profits subject   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- 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), Finance Committee member John Thune (R-South Dakota), and U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Arkansas) led 19 of their colleagues in urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to increase U.S. a  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: At a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on the President's fiscal year 2025 Health and Human Services (HHS) budget with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) expressed concern that the President's budget makes no mention of bipartisan legislation that would bring down health care costs for seniors with chronic conditions, as well as   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) issued a statement on bilateral relations betw  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands region. Witnesses included The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink, assistant secretary at the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, The  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on March 14, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in response to Majority Leader Schumer's comments on Israel earlier today: "We should not attempt to dictate domestic politics of other countries. "They will rightfully resent our efforts to do so. P  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today welcomed Polish President Andrzej Duda to the U.S. Capitol. "It was great to meet with President Duda today. The United States and Poland share a long-standing and productive relationship which has only been strengthened as we work togeth  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration's unfounded accusations that Congress is withholding critical funding  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today issued a statement on bilateral relations b  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.); John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, today led 19 of their colleagues in urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to increase U.S. agricultural exports and improve the com  more