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BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s decision to finally certify that the United Kingdom and Australia have regulatory systems comparable to the United States: “It’s been nearly three years since AUKUS...

BOISE, Idaho – U.S Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) released the following statement regarding the Biden-Harris Administration’s Middle East policy and a possible Iranian attack against Israel: “The Biden-Harris Administration has consistently pursued policies that embolden America’s adversaries and undercut our allies – no one should be surprised that...

BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement ahead of the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul on August 15: “Three years ago, the Biden-Harris Administration abandoned our allies and partners and haphazardly withdrew from Afghanistan. This...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and over a third of the Senate in a bipartisan push urging the return of American journalist Austin Tice. Following the momentum of last week’s historic prisoner release, the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today led 45 Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Biden-Harris Administration, protesting its partial arms embargo against Israel. The senators urged the White House to cease...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, thanks committee interns for their work during the summer term. “This summer I was pleased to welcome seven exceptional interns to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” said Risch. “The international community is navigating a multitude of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding news of a brokered deal between several nations, including the United States, and the Russian government to free a number of political prisoners held in Russia: “After years of detention in the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following joint statement in response to the State Department’s decision to pause $95...

WASHINGTON – 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 sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the State Department’s ongoing lack of transparency and refusal to cooperate with the...

WASHINGTON – 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 strategic competition with the PRC: assessing U.S. competitiveness beyond the Indo-Pacific. Witnesses included The Honorable Kurt Campbell, deputy secretary of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the Maduro regime claiming victory in Venezuela’s presidential elections: “I am concerned but not surprised that Nicolas Maduro is tightening his grip on Venezuela. To be sure, Maduro is reaping the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released a report entitled One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: A Review of U.S.-Europe Cooperation on China. This report is a follow-up to Risch’s 2020 report in which he laid out a number of key areas where the United States should...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress: “I am grateful for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress this afternoon. His remarks reminded us yet again of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to President Biden asking that he immediately present response options to China’s escalation against Philippine forces in the South China...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the announcement of a preliminary agreement between the United States and Canada on the Columbia River Treaty: “For 60 years, the Columbia River Treaty has provided coordinated flood control for the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today participated in a panel at the NATO Public Forum entitled “Strengthening the Transatlantic Bond” with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Czech President Petr Pavel, moderated by GLOBSEC...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released a report entitled Next Steps to Defend the Transatlantic Alliance from Chinese Aggression. It examines the threat China poses to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and China’s manipulation of subnational actors like...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. “It was a pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Luxon to the U.S. Capitol today and engage in meaningful discussion about the U.S.-New Zealand partnership. With China and Russia’s...

WASHINGTON – 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 on the Kenyan security forces arriving in Haiti to quell rampant gang violence there as violent protests...