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Nov. 15, 2023
Risch Vote to Stop Biden Admin Student Loan Scheme
Sen. Jim Risch
Aug. 30, 2023
Risch Joins Tim Scott, Colleagues in Demanding Biden Administration Investigate Chinese Communist Party Influence in American K-12 Schools
Sen. Jim Risch
Feb. 10, 2023
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cassidy, Foxx, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Revoke their Reckless Student Loan Scheme
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Oct. 3, 2022
Crapo, Risch Back Bill to Protect Parental Rights
Sen. Mike Crapo
Sept. 12, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Burr, Senators Oppose Biden Admin's Title IX Changes, Call for Enforcement of Existing Regulations
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Aug. 25, 2022
Crapo Statement on Biden $300 Billion Student Loan Plan
Sen. Mike Crapo
May 27, 2022
Fulcher Joins Call for DOJ Input on Education Department's Borrower Defense Anarchy
Rep. Russ Fulcher
April 19, 2022
Idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payments
Rep. Russ Fulcher
March 3, 2022
Crapo, Risch Legislation to Fix Secure Rural Schools Payment Allocations Heads to President's Desk for Signature
Sen. Mike Crapo
March 3, 2022
Risch, Crapo Legislation to Fix Secure Rural Schools Payment Allocations Heads to President's Desk for Signature
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
March 2, 2022
Simpson-supported Initiative to fix Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Payment Allocations Heads to President's Desk for Signature
Rep. Mike Simpson
Jan. 27, 2022
Risch Announces U.S. Service Academy Nominations for the Class of 2026
Sen. Jim Risch
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra, Department of Human & Health Services- Wicker, Hyde-Smith Call for Unmasking of America's Children
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 13, 2022
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Dept. of Education - Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Scott, Colleagues in Demanding Answers from Sec. Cardona on Plan to Label Parents "Domestic Terrorists"
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 13, 2022
Letter to Hon. Robert Scott, Chairman House Committee on Education and Labor - Owens, Foxx Demand Cardona Hearing Regarding His Role in Labelling Concerned Parents "Domestic Terrorists'
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Dec. 3, 2021
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Dept. of Education - Owens Joins Letter Slamming Biden Administration for Undermining Student Safety in Schools
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Nov. 8, 2021
Representatives Mike Simpson and Gwen Moore and Senators Raphael Warnock and Roger Marshall M.D., Announce Nov. 8th as National First-Generation College Celebration Day
Rep. Mike Simpson, ...
Nov. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management - Grassley Joins Effort To Address Absent Government Workforce, Urges Return To Work
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Nov. 1, 2021
Crapo, Risch Support Parental Involvement in Their Children's Education
Sen. Mike Crapo
Oct. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - On DOJ Intentions on What's Classified as Criminal Conduct
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Oct. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General, and Hon. Miguel Cardona - Inspecting President Biden's Push to Pressure Concerned Parents into Silence
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Sept. 2, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the Department of Education - Owens Joins Letter Questioning Education Department's Investigation of States' Masking Policies
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
July 8, 2021
Letter to Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Hon. Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Baldwin, Collins, Tester Lead Bipartisan Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income College Students
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
May 26, 2021
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Reps. Courtney and Thompson Lead Bipartisan Effort to Ensure Schools Retain Freedom to Provide Variety of Healthy Milk Options
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
May 19, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary - Rep. Fulcher, E&L Members Press Cardona on Critical Race Theory
Rep. Russ Fulcher
April 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Hagerty, Senate Republicans Urge Education Secretary to Withdraw Proposal to Skew U.S. History and Civics Toward "a Politicized and Divisive Agenda"
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
April 22, 2021
Crapo, Risch, Wyden, Merkley Urge Biden Administration To Support Long-Term Stability For Secure Rural Schools Program
Sen. Mike Crapo
April 16, 2021
Idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payments
Sen. Jim Risch
March 6, 2021
Crapo: Massive Covid "relief" Bill Misses the Mark
Sen. Mike Crapo
March 5, 2021
Letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Johnson and 58 Members of Congress Urge CDC to Allow Greater Level of In-Person Classroom Instruction
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Feb. 25, 2021
Idaho, Oregon Senators Leading Bipartisan Push for Critical County Payments
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Feb. 10, 2021
Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Rep. Steel Joins House Republicans Urging Biden to Open Our Nation's Schools
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Simpson Supports COVID Relief and Omnibus Funding
Rep. Mike Simpson
Dec. 9, 2020
Letter to Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Minority Leader, Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Heinrich Calls For Reauthorization Of SRS, PILT Programs To Ensure Financial Certainty For Rural New Mexico Counties
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Dec. 7, 2020
Bipartisan Effort Urges Inclusion of County Payments in End of Year Federal Funding Efforts
Sen. Jim Risch
Aug. 26, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the US Dept. of Agriculture - Hagedorn Joins Effort Urging USDA to Allow Needed Flexibility for Schools to Feed Students
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Aug. 26, 2020
Letter to The Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Murphy Joins Republican Members to Send Letter Urging USDA to Give Schools Flexibility Needed to Feed Students During COVID
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
July 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the US Department of Education - Lewis, McCarthy Champion Civic Education for Students
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
July 17, 2020
Letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - McCarthy, Lewis, and Bipartisan Group of Members Champion Promoting Civic Education for Students
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
May 27, 2020
Trahan, McKinley, Rose, Simpson Introduce Legislation to Provide Additional COVID-19 Relief to Minor League Baseball Teams, Other Small Businesses
Rep. Mike Simpson, ...
May 15, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Kevin McCarthy - Duckworth, Durbin and Colleagues Urge Congressional Leaders to Support Vulnerable Students Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
May 14, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and to the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader and to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of Appropriations Committee and to the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee - Rosen, Cortez Masto Join Bipartisan Calls for Additional Funding for School Districts on Federal Land in Upcoming Coronavirus Relief Package
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
April 27, 2020
idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payments
Rep. Mike Simpson
April 27, 2020
Idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payment
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
April 20, 2020
Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Department of Education - Idaho Senators Urge Disbursement of Aid for Higher Education
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 16, 2020
Risch Announces the Appointment of Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Members
Sen. Jim Risch
Dec. 16, 2019
Wyden, Crapo, Merkley, Risch Announce Two-Year Authorization for Secure Rural Schools Program in End-of-Year Funding Package
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Nov. 21, 2019
Risch: Congress Must Reauthorize SRS and PILT
Sen. Jim Risch
Nov. 20, 2019
Energy Committee to Consider Crapo, Wyden, Risch Secure Rural Schools Legislation
Sen. Mike Crapo
Nov. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Crapo, Risch Urge Successful Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Nov. 15, 2023
Risch Vote to Stop Biden Admin Student Loan Scheme
Sen.Jim Risch
Aug. 30, 2023
Risch Joins Tim Scott, Colleagues in Demanding Biden Administration Investigate Chinese Communist Party Influence in American K-12 Schools
Sen.Jim Risch
Feb. 10, 2023
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Cassidy, Foxx, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Revoke their Reckless Student Loan Scheme
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Oct. 3, 2022
Crapo, Risch Back Bill to Protect Parental Rights
Sen.Mike Crapo
Sept. 12, 2022
Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Burr, Senators Oppose Biden Admin's Title IX Changes, Call for Enforcement of Existing Regulations
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Aug. 25, 2022
Crapo Statement on Biden $300 Billion Student Loan Plan
Sen.Mike Crapo
May 27, 2022
Fulcher Joins Call for DOJ Input on Education Department's Borrower Defense Anarchy
Rep.Russ Fulcher
April 19, 2022
Idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payments
Rep.Russ Fulcher
March 3, 2022
Crapo, Risch Legislation to Fix Secure Rural Schools Payment Allocations Heads to President's Desk for Signature
Sen.Mike Crapo
March 3, 2022
Risch, Crapo Legislation to Fix Secure Rural Schools Payment Allocations Heads to President's Desk for Signature
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
March 2, 2022
Simpson-supported Initiative to fix Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Payment Allocations Heads to President's Desk for Signature
Rep.Mike Simpson
Jan. 27, 2022
Risch Announces U.S. Service Academy Nominations for the Class of 2026
Sen.Jim Risch
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra, Department of Human & Health Services- Wicker, Hyde-Smith Call for Unmasking of America's Children
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 13, 2022
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Dept. of Education - Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Scott, Colleagues in Demanding Answers from Sec. Cardona on Plan to Label Parents "Domestic Terrorists"
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 13, 2022
Letter to Hon. Robert Scott, Chairman House Committee on Education and Labor - Owens, Foxx Demand Cardona Hearing Regarding His Role in Labelling Concerned Parents "Domestic Terrorists'
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Dec. 3, 2021
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Dept. of Education - Owens Joins Letter Slamming Biden Administration for Undermining Student Safety in Schools
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Nov. 8, 2021
Representatives Mike Simpson and Gwen Moore and Senators Raphael Warnock and Roger Marshall M.D., Announce Nov. 8th as National First-Generation College Celebration Day
Rep.Mike Simpson, ...
Nov. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management - Grassley Joins Effort To Address Absent Government Workforce, Urges Return To Work
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Nov. 1, 2021
Crapo, Risch Support Parental Involvement in Their Children's Education
Sen.Mike Crapo
Oct. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - On DOJ Intentions on What's Classified as Criminal Conduct
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Oct. 7, 2021
Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General, and Hon. Miguel Cardona - Inspecting President Biden's Push to Pressure Concerned Parents into Silence
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Sept. 2, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the Department of Education - Owens Joins Letter Questioning Education Department's Investigation of States' Masking Policies
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
July 8, 2021
Letter to Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Hon. Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Baldwin, Collins, Tester Lead Bipartisan Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income College Students
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
May 26, 2021
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Reps. Courtney and Thompson Lead Bipartisan Effort to Ensure Schools Retain Freedom to Provide Variety of Healthy Milk Options
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
May 19, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary - Rep. Fulcher, E&L Members Press Cardona on Critical Race Theory
Rep.Russ Fulcher
April 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Hagerty, Senate Republicans Urge Education Secretary to Withdraw Proposal to Skew U.S. History and Civics Toward "a Politicized and Divisive Agenda"
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
April 22, 2021
Crapo, Risch, Wyden, Merkley Urge Biden Administration To Support Long-Term Stability For Secure Rural Schools Program
Sen.Mike Crapo
April 16, 2021
Idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payments
Sen.Jim Risch
March 6, 2021
Crapo: Massive Covid "relief" Bill Misses the Mark
Sen.Mike Crapo
March 5, 2021
Letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Johnson and 58 Members of Congress Urge CDC to Allow Greater Level of In-Person Classroom Instruction
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Feb. 25, 2021
Idaho, Oregon Senators Leading Bipartisan Push for Critical County Payments
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Feb. 10, 2021
Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Rep. Steel Joins House Republicans Urging Biden to Open Our Nation's Schools
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Dec. 21, 2020
Simpson Supports COVID Relief and Omnibus Funding
Rep.Mike Simpson
Dec. 9, 2020
Letter to Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Minority Leader, Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader - Heinrich Calls For Reauthorization Of SRS, PILT Programs To Ensure Financial Certainty For Rural New Mexico Counties
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Dec. 7, 2020
Bipartisan Effort Urges Inclusion of County Payments in End of Year Federal Funding Efforts
Sen.Jim Risch
Aug. 26, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the US Dept. of Agriculture - Hagedorn Joins Effort Urging USDA to Allow Needed Flexibility for Schools to Feed Students
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Aug. 26, 2020
Letter to The Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Murphy Joins Republican Members to Send Letter Urging USDA to Give Schools Flexibility Needed to Feed Students During COVID
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
July 17, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the US Department of Education - Lewis, McCarthy Champion Civic Education for Students
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
July 17, 2020
Letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - McCarthy, Lewis, and Bipartisan Group of Members Champion Promoting Civic Education for Students
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
May 27, 2020
Trahan, McKinley, Rose, Simpson Introduce Legislation to Provide Additional COVID-19 Relief to Minor League Baseball Teams, Other Small Businesses
Rep.Mike Simpson, ...
May 15, 2020
Letter to Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Kevin McCarthy - Duckworth, Durbin and Colleagues Urge Congressional Leaders to Support Vulnerable Students Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
May 14, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader and to the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader and to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of Appropriations Committee and to the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee - Rosen, Cortez Masto Join Bipartisan Calls for Additional Funding for School Districts on Federal Land in Upcoming Coronavirus Relief Package
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
April 27, 2020
idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payments
Rep.Mike Simpson
April 27, 2020
Idaho State Treasurer, Congressional Delegation Announce Secure Rural Schools Payment
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
April 20, 2020
Letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary of the Department of Education - Idaho Senators Urge Disbursement of Aid for Higher Education
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 16, 2020
Risch Announces the Appointment of Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Members
Sen.Jim Risch
Dec. 16, 2019
Wyden, Crapo, Merkley, Risch Announce Two-Year Authorization for Secure Rural Schools Program in End-of-Year Funding Package
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Nov. 21, 2019
Risch: Congress Must Reauthorize SRS and PILT
Sen.Jim Risch
Nov. 20, 2019
Energy Committee to Consider Crapo, Wyden, Risch Secure Rural Schools Legislation
Sen.Mike Crapo
Nov. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Crapo, Risch Urge Successful Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
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