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Risch, Crapo Join Bicameral Amicus Brief Challenging CFPB’s Funding Structure

By Gem State Wire Report | Jul 12, 2023

Idaho’s U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined a bicameral group of 134 members of Congress in filing an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al., v. Community Financial...

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Crapo, Risch Join Bicameral Amicus Brief Challenging CFPB’s Funding Structure

By Gem State Wire Report | Jul 12, 2023

Idaho’s U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Jim Risch joined a...

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Crapo Invites Idaho College Students to Apply for Internships

By Gem State Wire Report | Jul 11, 2023

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) invites Idaho college-aged students to apply for internships in his Washington, D.C., and state offices.

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Crapo, Luján Reintroduce Legislation to Strengthen Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

By Gem State Wire Report | Jul 7, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-New Mexico) and James Moylan (R-Guam) reintroduced bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to...

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Analysis: Idaho ranked #31 for gun sales in 2022

By Gem State Wire Report | Jul 5, 2023

Idaho ranked #31 for gun sales in 2022, with an estimated 178,454 guns sold, according to federal data compiled in a new report by SafeHome.org.

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Crapo, Risch Commend SCOTUS Decision on Biden’s Unfair Student Loan Scheme

By Gem State Wire Report | Jul 1, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) commended the Supreme Court’s final ruling on President Biden’s student loan “forgiveness” scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrow onto taxpayers.

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Risch, Crapo Commend SCOTUS Decision on Biden’s Unfair Student Loan Scheme

By Gem State Wire Report | Jul 1, 2023

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) June 30 commended the Supreme Court’s final ruling on President Biden’s student loan “forgiveness” scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrow onto taxpayers.

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Crapo, Risch, Colleagues Call on President Biden to Withdraw Julie Su Nomination for Labor Secretary

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 29, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Mike Braun (R-Indiana), along with 30 fellow Republican Senators, sent a letter to President Biden calling for the withdrawal of Julie Su’s nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Labor.

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Crapo, Risch Fight to Protect Idaho Businesses from Labor Union Slowdowns

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) introduced the Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns (PLUS) Act to update federal law to define a labor slowdown by maritime workers as an unfair labor practice.

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Risch, Crapo, Colleagues Call on President Biden to Withdraw Julie Su Nomination for Labor Secretary

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) with 30 fellow Republican Senators sent a letter to President Biden calling for the withdrawal of Julie Su’s nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Labor.

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Crapo Statement at Hearing on Cattle Supply Chains and Amazon Deforestation

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 27, 2023

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled “Cattle Supply Chains and Amazon Deforestation.”

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Senator Risch is on the Job

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 27, 2023

Heading into yet another Congressional recess, U.S. Senator Jim Risch shared a list of several of his priorities for Idaho.

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ACRU’s West: Idaho policy on affirmative action 'systematically racist'

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 26, 2023

Idaho's policy of allowing affirmative action in areas such as public education and public employment reflects a philosophy that's "systematically racist," the executive director of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) said.

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Risch Advocates for Urban Canal Repairs

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 26, 2023

Introduces bill to expand access to existing aging infrastructure funds for repairs

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Crapo, Risch Fight Biden’s Unconstitutional Pistol Brace Rule

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 26, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) June 22 voted to prevent the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing its rule to require pistol brace owners to put their names on a federal gun registry.

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Risch Demands BLM Withdraw Rule Harming Small Businesses

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 25, 2023

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) on June 22 wrote Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone Manning demanding the agency withdraw its proposed Public Lands Rule, given the agency’s failure to abide by the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the negative impacts the rule will...

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Crapo, Colleagues Write Open Letter of Support for Imprisoned Reporter Evan Gershkovich

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 24, 2023

-U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined 31 colleagues in writing an open letter to wrongfully detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

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Risch, Crapo Fight Biden’s Unconstitutional Pistol Brace Rule

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 24, 2023

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) on June 22 voted to prevent the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing its rule to require pistol brace owners to put their names on a federal gun registry.

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Idaho to Receive $38.2 Million in PILT Funding for Community Services

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 23, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) announced 44 local governments in Idaho will receive a total of $38.2 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2023.

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Risch, Rubio, Colleagues Celebrate One-Year Dobbs Anniversary

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 23, 2023

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.