WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) issued a statement after speaking with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili. President Zourabichvili, who was popularly elected and is a leading criti more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced new hires and staff changes in his office. Grant Auman joined the Crapo office as Staff Assistant and D.C. Office Manager. Grant first joined the Crapo office as an intern in June. He previously completed an internship for U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska). Grant graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in political science, economics and Spanis more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the following statement after meeting with Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury: "The Treasury Secretary will play a pivotal role in preserving the Trump tax cuts and shaping additional policy to reignite the economy. Scott's an accomplished business leader who understands  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) applaud the U.S. House of Representatives passage of their bipartisan legislation, S.1478, designating U.S. Highway 20, which runs from Oregon to Massachusetts, the "National Medal of Honor Highway." The bill unanimously passed the U.S. Senate in December 2023, and now awaits President Joe Biden's signature to become law. "Idaho's veterans enrich our commu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) celebrated the passage of S. 2781, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Crapo is a co-sponsor of the bill led by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho). The legislation will make it easier for "Good Samaritans," such as state agencies, nonprofits and other groups to clean up and improve wate more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act clears final hurdle in Congress Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) applauded the passage of his Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Co-led with U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), this legislation will make it easier for "Good Samaritans," such as state agencies,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Senate amendment to House bill H.R. 5009, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), for Fiscal Year 2025: "Today I voted to refocus the Department of Defense on our military's core mission--deterrence and lethality," said Congressman Fulcher. "Increa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher issued the following statement after the Record of Decision for the final Environmental Impact Statement was released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project: "The Biden administration's disregard of Idahoans' clear disapproval of the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Southern Idaho is despicable," said Congressman Fulcher. "We cannot more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation which would designate United States Route 20 in the States of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts as the "National Medal of Honor Highway." The legislation was led by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-16) in the House  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson announced Kade Poulson and Hazel Rivadeneira, two talented 8th graders from Burley Junior High School, as the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for Idaho's Second Congressional District. Poulson and Rivadeneira created Undertale Remake Boss Battle. "I am thrilled to congratulate Kade Poulson and Hazel Rivadeneira as the 2024 Congressional App Challenge Winn more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: This week, the United States House of Representatives passed S. 4367 the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024. This bipartisan legislation authorizes the United States Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program to carry out projects to improve the nation's ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other aspects of our water resources infrastructure. Idaho Congres more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson voted in favor of the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024 (JUDGES Act). This legislation will add critically needed federal judgeships to resolve currently understaffed and backlogged courts--including an additional federal district judgeship in Idaho. "With Idaho's population growth comes increased pressure on our courts," said Rep. Simp more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson voted in favor of H.R. 5009 the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025. The FY25 NDAA authorizes America's national defense, improves servicemember quality of life, enhances military readiness, and takes important steps to address the security threats America faces from adversaries including China, Iran, more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) legislation, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, today passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation would make it easier for "Good Samaritans," such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean up abandoned hardrock mines. Risch and Heinrich applauded the Senate's unanimous  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: Schumer, Who Shepherded Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act Into Law, Went All Out To Land Micron In CNY And Deliver This Historic Investment, Which Now Takes A Monumental Leap Forward To Make It A Reality Finalized Agreement Ensures Micron Can Tap CHIPS Funding In Coming Years As It Meets Project Milestones For Micron's Plans In Idaho & CNY To Invest Over $100 Billion In NY Over  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: * * * Idaho's Native American Heritage An exquisitely beaded pair of moccasins said to have been owned by Nez Perce Chief Peo Peo T'olikt are among the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian. Along with a photograph of Chief Peo Peo T'olikt, the Museum includes a brief description of his life from Allen Pinkham, Sr., Tribal Elder and former Chairman of the Nez Perce Tribe Executive Committee, that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: * * * Idaho's Spirit of Freedom Idaho, home to more than 119,000 veterans, is brimming with a sense of duty to our country and a deep respect for those who have backed our freedoms with their lives. Every November since 2002, I have had the great opportunity to honor some remarkable Idaho veterans and volunteers for their outstanding service to our country and its veterans with the Spirit of Freedom: Idaho Veterans S more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- 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 remarks at an executive session to vote on the nomination of David Johnson to be Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). As prepared for delivery: "Mr. Johnson has been nominated to serve as Inspector General for Tax Administration at the Department of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the lead Republican of the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), issued the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate former Congressman Billy Long to serve as IRS Commissioner: "The IRS has experienced myriad problems in recent years, including i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the lead Republican of the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees the Social Security Administration, issued the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Frank Bisignano to serve as the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration: "The Social Security Administration provi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the following statement after meeting with Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury: "The Treasury Secretary will play a pivotal role in preserving the Trump tax cuts and shaping additional policy to reig more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the lead Republican of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxation, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to talk about the effort to prevent a more-than $4 trillion tax hike on American taxpayers. On using a current policy baseline: Kudlow: "You're saying [congressional scorekeepers] don't score spending, th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded the passage of the substitute amendment to the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023 in the U.S. Senate, which he championed with Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Com more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced he had sent a letter to Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), the incoming Chair of the Committee for the 119th Congress, emphasizing the importance of bipartisan cooperation and adherence to longstanding Committee traditions during the leadership trans more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- 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, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky laws. Witnesses included Mr. Adam Keith, senior director for accountability at Human Rights First, and Sir William Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Manag more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2024: * * * BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the collapse of Assad's rule in Syria: "After nearly 50 years of Assad family rule and 13 years of brutal civil war, the Syrian people are waking up to a new reality free from the Assad r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Georgian people's aspirations to align with the West and to urge the Biden Administration to take strong act more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- 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), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of SFRC, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of SFRC, Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), released the following joint statement after speaking with the popularly-elected Georgian President Sal more PR