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Feb. 22, 2022
Letter to Chiquitia Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Portman Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging Support for Medicare Advantage Program
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Feb. 15, 2022
Letter to Dr. Phillip Swagel, Director of the Congressional Budget Office - Finance Committee Republicans Request Information on the Adverse Effects of High, Persistent Inflation on the Federal Budget
Sen. Mike Crapo
Feb. 15, 2022
Letter to Dr. Phillip Swagel, Director of the Congressional Budget Office - Portman, Finance Committee Republicans Request Information on the Adverse Effects of High, Persistent Inflation on the Federal Budget
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Rogers, Colleagues Express Outrage Over Taxpayer Dollars Being Used to Buy Made-In-China Masks
Rep. Mike Simpson, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to the United States Senate - Finance Republicans: Innovation-Killing Government Price Control Mandates Must Not Become Law
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 19, 2022
Crapo Delivers Remarks Against Partisan Election Takeover Bill, Efforts to Eliminate Filibuster
Sen. Mike Crapo
Jan. 12, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Ahead of 11th Anniversary of Tunisian Revolution, Menendez, Risch, Meeks, McCaul Urge Biden Administration to Assess President Saied's Anti-Democratic Trajectory, Ensure Meaningful Reforms
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Dec. 15, 2021
Rubio Joins Risch, Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Bolster Support for Ukraine
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Dec. 10, 2021
Letter to Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner Social Security Administration - Reopening Field Offices to the Public
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Nov. 22, 2021
Crapo Statement at Nomination Hearing
Sen. Mike Crapo
Nov. 19, 2021
Congressman Fulcher Votes Against Largest Government Expansion and Spending in History
Rep. Russ Fulcher
Nov. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Schumer, Majority Leader, United States Senate - Republican Committee Leaders Call For Transparent Process To Vet Reckless Tax-And-Spend Legislation
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Nov. 4, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Upton, House Republicans Request Full and Transparent Appraisal of Democrats' Partisan Spending Package
Rep. Mike Simpson, ...
Nov. 4, 2021
Simpson Urges CBO Score Before Vote on Build Back Better
Rep. Mike Simpson
Oct. 25, 2021
Letter to Hon. Chiquita Brooks-Lasure, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Crapo Leads Finance Committee Republicans in Raising Concerns With Improper Medicaid Payments
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Oct. 20, 2021
Crapo: We Have a Responsibility to Enhance Care Quality, Not Constrain Consumer Choices With Burdensome Regulations
Sen. Mike Crapo
Oct. 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary, Department of Treasury - Crapo Asks Treasury for Details of Democrats' "new Approach" to Monitoring Private Financial Accounts
Sen. Mike Crapo
Oct. 20, 2021
Sens. Coons, Risch Reiterate Us Support for Sudan's Transition, Call for Peaceful Demonstrations Tomorrow
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Oct. 20, 2021
Senate Republicans Blast IRS Bank Reporting Dragnet
Sen. Mike Crapo
Oct. 19, 2021
Crapo: Americans Should Loudly Reject Intrusive IRS Reporting Regime
Sen. Mike Crapo
Oct. 14, 2021
Crapo, Idahoans Highlight Concerns With IRS Bank Reporting Scheme
Sen. Mike Crapo
Oct. 14, 2021
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, and Kevin Mccarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. Bera and Bucshon Lead Over 245 Members in Urging Action on Looming Medicare Physician Payment Cuts That Will Strain Patient Access to Care
Rep. Mike Simpson, ...
Oct. 6, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Charles Schumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Ben Cardin, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee in Small Business, and the Hon. Nydia Velasquez, Chair of the United States House Committee on Small Business - Kennedy, Scott, colleagues oppose Democrat plan that would make SBA direct lender, hurt job creators
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Oct. 5, 2021
Letter to Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Crapo, Brady Request Information on Efforts to Prevent Fraud in Tax Credit Program
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Sept. 30, 2021
How Congress Funds Defense and our Servicemembers
Rep. Mike Simpson
Sept. 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hon. Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - McHenry Sends Letter Urging Removal of Red Flag Provisions From NDAA
Rep. Mike Simpson, ...
Sept. 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Schumer, Majority Leader, United States Senate, Hon. Ron Wyden, Chairman of Committee of Finance, United States Senate - Crapo, Risch, Colleagues Call Out Harmful Marriage Penalties in Democrats' Reckless Tax Proposals
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Sept. 28, 2021
Sen. Moran Introduces Legislation to Help Kansans Claim Over $200 Million in Unredeemed Savings Bonds
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Sept. 27, 2021
Cassidy, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Return Savings to Louisianans
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Sept. 21, 2021
Crapo: Job-killing Tax Hikes Will Hurt Middle Class, Help China
Sen. Mike Crapo
Sept. 10, 2021
Democrats' Tax Hikes Let China Win
Sen. Mike Crapo
Sept. 10, 2021
Letter to Hon. Sherrod Brown, Chariman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Sen. Cramer, Banking Republican Colleagues Demand Transparent Process on Democrats' $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spending Spree
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Sept. 7, 2021
Letter to Ron Wyden, Chair of Senate Finance Commitee - Finance Committee Republicans Demand Full, Open Process To Vet Reckless Tax-And-Spend Proposals
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Sept. 1, 2021
CRAPO STATEMENT ON 2021 MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY TRUSTEES REPORTS
Sen. Mike Crapo
Sept. 1, 2021
Crapo Statement on 2021 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Reports
Sen. Mike Crapo
Aug. 31, 2021
Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Urge GAO to Investigate Fraudulent Activity in COVID Unemployment Insurance Programs
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Aug. 31, 2021
Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Owens Joins Letter Promising No GOP Support to Raise Debt Ceiling
Rep. Russ Fulcher, ...
Aug. 31, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Crapo, Brady, Walorski Urge GAO to Investigate Scope and Severity of Fraudulent Activity in COVID Unemployment Insurance Programs
Sen. Mike Crapo
Aug. 26, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office - Crapo Urges Gao To Call For Improved Medicare And Social Security Trust Fund Reporting
Sen. Mike Crapo
Aug. 12, 2021
Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Tillis Co-Leads Letter Calling On Democrats To Take Full Responsibility For Their Partisan, Out-of-Control Spending
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
Aug. 11, 2021
Crapo: Reckless Tax And Spending Spree Mortgages America's Future
Sen. Mike Crapo
Aug. 11, 2021
Risch Votes No on Democrats' $3.5 Trillion Budget
Sen. Jim Risch
Aug. 10, 2021
Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Senator Fischer Joins Republican Colleagues Pledging to Not Raise the Debt Ceiling
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Aug. 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary and Managing Trustee, Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, Department of the Treasury - Crapo to Yellen: Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports Long Overdue
Sen. Mike Crapo
July 29, 2021
Portman, Risch, Menendez, Murphy Applaud Committee Passage of Comprehensive Global Health Legislation
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
July 28, 2021
Risch Joins Rick Scott, Colleagues in Introducing Rule Change to Expose the Impacts of Reckless Government Spending on Inflation
Sen. Jim Risch
July 22, 2021
Crapo, Risch Introduce Legislation To Reduce Debt, Curb Wasteful Spending
Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
July 16, 2021
Republicans Object To Bills On Final Day Of Appropriations Committee Markups
Rep. Mike Simpson, ...
July 14, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jon Tester, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense; and Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Push to Include Support for National Guard Firefighting Efforts in Upcoming Funding Bill
Sen. Jim Risch, ...
July 14, 2021
Simpson Secures Funding for Idaho National Guard, Boise Airport, Habitat for Humanity, CEI, U of I, Shoshone Bannock Fire Station and Several Ag Projects including Dubois Sheep Station and Idaho Grain Center
Rep. Mike Simpson
Date
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Feb. 22, 2022
Letter to Chiquitia Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Portman Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging Support for Medicare Advantage Program
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Feb. 15, 2022
Letter to Dr. Phillip Swagel, Director of the Congressional Budget Office - Finance Committee Republicans Request Information on the Adverse Effects of High, Persistent Inflation on the Federal Budget
Sen.Mike Crapo
Feb. 15, 2022
Letter to Dr. Phillip Swagel, Director of the Congressional Budget Office - Portman, Finance Committee Republicans Request Information on the Adverse Effects of High, Persistent Inflation on the Federal Budget
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Rogers, Colleagues Express Outrage Over Taxpayer Dollars Being Used to Buy Made-In-China Masks
Rep.Mike Simpson, ...
Jan. 20, 2022
Letter to the United States Senate - Finance Republicans: Innovation-Killing Government Price Control Mandates Must Not Become Law
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Jan. 19, 2022
Crapo Delivers Remarks Against Partisan Election Takeover Bill, Efforts to Eliminate Filibuster
Sen.Mike Crapo
Jan. 12, 2022
Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Ahead of 11th Anniversary of Tunisian Revolution, Menendez, Risch, Meeks, McCaul Urge Biden Administration to Assess President Saied's Anti-Democratic Trajectory, Ensure Meaningful Reforms
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Dec. 15, 2021
Rubio Joins Risch, Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Bolster Support for Ukraine
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Dec. 10, 2021
Letter to Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner Social Security Administration - Reopening Field Offices to the Public
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Nov. 22, 2021
Crapo Statement at Nomination Hearing
Sen.Mike Crapo
Nov. 19, 2021
Congressman Fulcher Votes Against Largest Government Expansion and Spending in History
Rep.Russ Fulcher
Nov. 4, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Schumer, Majority Leader, United States Senate - Republican Committee Leaders Call For Transparent Process To Vet Reckless Tax-And-Spend Legislation
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Nov. 4, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Upton, House Republicans Request Full and Transparent Appraisal of Democrats' Partisan Spending Package
Rep.Mike Simpson, ...
Nov. 4, 2021
Simpson Urges CBO Score Before Vote on Build Back Better
Rep.Mike Simpson
Oct. 25, 2021
Letter to Hon. Chiquita Brooks-Lasure, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Crapo Leads Finance Committee Republicans in Raising Concerns With Improper Medicaid Payments
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Oct. 20, 2021
Crapo: We Have a Responsibility to Enhance Care Quality, Not Constrain Consumer Choices With Burdensome Regulations
Sen.Mike Crapo
Oct. 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary, Department of Treasury - Crapo Asks Treasury for Details of Democrats' "new Approach" to Monitoring Private Financial Accounts
Sen.Mike Crapo
Oct. 20, 2021
Sens. Coons, Risch Reiterate Us Support for Sudan's Transition, Call for Peaceful Demonstrations Tomorrow
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Oct. 20, 2021
Senate Republicans Blast IRS Bank Reporting Dragnet
Sen.Mike Crapo
Oct. 19, 2021
Crapo: Americans Should Loudly Reject Intrusive IRS Reporting Regime
Sen.Mike Crapo
Oct. 14, 2021
Crapo, Idahoans Highlight Concerns With IRS Bank Reporting Scheme
Sen.Mike Crapo
Oct. 14, 2021
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, and Kevin Mccarthy, Minority Leader - Reps. Bera and Bucshon Lead Over 245 Members in Urging Action on Looming Medicare Physician Payment Cuts That Will Strain Patient Access to Care
Rep.Mike Simpson, ...
Oct. 6, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Charles Schumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Ben Cardin, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee in Small Business, and the Hon. Nydia Velasquez, Chair of the United States House Committee on Small Business - Kennedy, Scott, colleagues oppose Democrat plan that would make SBA direct lender, hurt job creators
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Oct. 5, 2021
Letter to Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Crapo, Brady Request Information on Efforts to Prevent Fraud in Tax Credit Program
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Sept. 30, 2021
How Congress Funds Defense and our Servicemembers
Rep.Mike Simpson
Sept. 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Hon. Mike Rogers, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hon. Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - McHenry Sends Letter Urging Removal of Red Flag Provisions From NDAA
Rep.Mike Simpson, ...
Sept. 30, 2021
Letter to Hon. Charles Schumer, Majority Leader, United States Senate, Hon. Ron Wyden, Chairman of Committee of Finance, United States Senate - Crapo, Risch, Colleagues Call Out Harmful Marriage Penalties in Democrats' Reckless Tax Proposals
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Sept. 28, 2021
Sen. Moran Introduces Legislation to Help Kansans Claim Over $200 Million in Unredeemed Savings Bonds
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Sept. 27, 2021
Cassidy, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Return Savings to Louisianans
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Sept. 21, 2021
Crapo: Job-killing Tax Hikes Will Hurt Middle Class, Help China
Sen.Mike Crapo
Sept. 10, 2021
Democrats' Tax Hikes Let China Win
Sen.Mike Crapo
Sept. 10, 2021
Letter to Hon. Sherrod Brown, Chariman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Sen. Cramer, Banking Republican Colleagues Demand Transparent Process on Democrats' $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spending Spree
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Sept. 7, 2021
Letter to Ron Wyden, Chair of Senate Finance Commitee - Finance Committee Republicans Demand Full, Open Process To Vet Reckless Tax-And-Spend Proposals
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Sept. 1, 2021
CRAPO STATEMENT ON 2021 MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY TRUSTEES REPORTS
Sen.Mike Crapo
Sept. 1, 2021
Crapo Statement on 2021 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Reports
Sen.Mike Crapo
Aug. 31, 2021
Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States - Urge GAO to Investigate Fraudulent Activity in COVID Unemployment Insurance Programs
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Aug. 31, 2021
Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Owens Joins Letter Promising No GOP Support to Raise Debt Ceiling
Rep.Russ Fulcher, ...
Aug. 31, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Crapo, Brady, Walorski Urge GAO to Investigate Scope and Severity of Fraudulent Activity in COVID Unemployment Insurance Programs
Sen.Mike Crapo
Aug. 26, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office - Crapo Urges Gao To Call For Improved Medicare And Social Security Trust Fund Reporting
Sen.Mike Crapo
Aug. 12, 2021
Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Tillis Co-Leads Letter Calling On Democrats To Take Full Responsibility For Their Partisan, Out-of-Control Spending
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
Aug. 11, 2021
Crapo: Reckless Tax And Spending Spree Mortgages America's Future
Sen.Mike Crapo
Aug. 11, 2021
Risch Votes No on Democrats' $3.5 Trillion Budget
Sen.Jim Risch
Aug. 10, 2021
Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Senator Fischer Joins Republican Colleagues Pledging to Not Raise the Debt Ceiling
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
Aug. 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary and Managing Trustee, Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, Department of the Treasury - Crapo to Yellen: Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports Long Overdue
Sen.Mike Crapo
July 29, 2021
Portman, Risch, Menendez, Murphy Applaud Committee Passage of Comprehensive Global Health Legislation
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
July 28, 2021
Risch Joins Rick Scott, Colleagues in Introducing Rule Change to Expose the Impacts of Reckless Government Spending on Inflation
Sen.Jim Risch
July 22, 2021
Crapo, Risch Introduce Legislation To Reduce Debt, Curb Wasteful Spending
Sen.Mike Crapo, ...
July 16, 2021
Republicans Object To Bills On Final Day Of Appropriations Committee Markups
Rep.Mike Simpson, ...
July 14, 2021
Letter to Hon. Jon Tester, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense; and Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense - Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Push to Include Support for National Guard Firefighting Efforts in Upcoming Funding Bill
Sen.Jim Risch, ...
July 14, 2021
Simpson Secures Funding for Idaho National Guard, Boise Airport, Habitat for Humanity, CEI, U of I, Shoshone Bannock Fire Station and Several Ag Projects including Dubois Sheep Station and Idaho Grain Center
Rep.Mike Simpson
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