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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) in introducing a resolution condemning the arrest of Cardinal Zen in Hong Kong. The resolution also reaffirms the United States’ commitment to supporting democracy, autonomy, religious freedom, and human rights in Hong Kong.


Risch Joins Coons, Lankford, Colleagues in Introducing Resolution to Condemn Iran for Systemic Persecution of Women and Peaceful Protestors
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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) in introducing a resolution condemning the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman whose killing last week by Iran’s ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement upon the conclusion of the congressional delegation to Stuttgart, Germany, and Geneva, Switzerland...


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) offered the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs Act (REPO Act), legislation to provide additional assistance to Ukraine using assets confiscated from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and other sovereign assets of the Russian Federation, as an amendment to the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act.


Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on Russia Sanctions
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News Release: 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 keeping the pressure on Russia and its enablers: examining the reach of and next steps for U.S. sanctions. The witnesses included ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s plan to again provide unilateral sanctions relief to Venezuela’s criminal network:


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have offered bipartisan legislation to empower U.S. authorities to seize high-priced ...


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Putin’s illegal annexation of four territories in Ukraine:


Don’t Miss in Wash. Times: E&C Republicans on Unleashing Affordable, Reliable, and Clean American Energy
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Don’t Miss in Wash. Times: E&C Republicans on Unleashing Affordable, Reliable, and Clean American Energy


Leader Rodgers Statement on OPEC+ Cutting Production by 2 Million Barrels Per Day
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Leader Rodgers Statement on OPEC+ Cutting Production by 2 Million Barrels Per Day




Rodgers, Bilirakis Applaud Bipartisan Solutions to Improve People’s Privacy and Strengthen the Tourism Industry
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Rodgers, Bilirakis Applaud Bipartisan Solutions to Improve People’s Privacy and Strengthen the Tourism Industry


McMorris Rodgers, Wicker Call for Streamlined Permitting Process for BEAD Program
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McMorris Rodgers, Wicker Call for Streamlined Permitting Process for BEAD Program



Bipartisan E&C Leaders Urge Senate to Pass the Spectrum Innovation Act
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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Urge Senate to Pass the Spectrum Innovation Act


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Leader Rodgers Statement on OPEC+ Cutting Production by 2 Million Barrels Per Day



Oversight Committee Hearing Reveals Devastating Impact of Republican-Led Abortion Bans
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Oversight Committee Hearing Reveals Devastating Impact of Republican-Led Abortion Bans


Stabenow Releases Statement, Fact Sheet on Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Work; Will Address White House Conference Today
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Stabenow Releases Statement, Fact Sheet on Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Work; Will Address White House Conference Today