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Crapo Regulatory Relief Bill Clears Committee
Washington, D.C.-Idaho Senator Mike Crapo's legislation to eliminate a duplicative and costly U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulation affecting Idaho's farmers took center stage at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today. Crapo said providing regulatory relief to not only farmers, but ranchers, state and local governments, forest managers, water users and others impacted is long overdue. If enacted, the Sensible Environmental Protection Act will lift the burden pl… Continue Reading
August 04, 2015
Crapo Plans New Round of Town Meetings
Boise - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is ramping up his town meeting schedule in Idaho during the August and September state work period. Crapo opens his town meetings with a discussion about the federal government's federal debt that is nearing $19 trillion, then takes questions from Idahoans in attendance. He plans an additional 58 Idaho town meetings during August and September. In Boise, Crapo will receive a briefing on the Northwest fire situation at the National Interagency Fire Center in… Continue Reading
July 29, 2015
Crapo, Finance Republicans Press CMS Nominee on Obamacare Enrollment Safeguards
Washington, D.C. -Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is seeking answers from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) after a recent report revealed that an alarming number of fake applicants were reenrolled for health coverage for 2015 through the federal Obamacare exchange, known as Healthcare.gov. In a letter to the acting administrator, Crapo, along with his Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee, questioned the agency's ability to verify and authenticate informati… Continue Reading
July 24, 2015
Senators Call For Hearing on RECA
Washington, D.C. - A bipartisan coalition of five U.S. senators from Idaho, New Mexico and Colorado have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing into legislative efforts to assist Americans who have suffered health issues as a result of nuclear arms testing in the western U.S. during the Cold War period of the 1950s and 1960s. S. 331, the Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act of 2015, introduced by Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), … Continue Reading
July 24, 2015
Crapo, Risch Join Group of 50 Senators Raising Concerns with Planned Parenthood Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch this week joined a bipartisan group of senators in calling on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to get to the bottom of what has been going on at Planned Parenthood. In a letter to the Secretary, the Senators draw attention to the legal, ethical and policy issues raised by the recent video footage released by the Center for Medical Progress depicting senior Planned Parenthood Federation of America executiv… Continue Reading
July 14, 2015
Crapo Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal
Washington, D.C.-Idaho Senator Mike Crapo today released the following statement after it was announced that the United States and five other nations reached a nuclear deal with Iran: "I am deeply disappointed by the failure of the Administration to secure the release of Boise Pastor Saeed Abedini and other Americans being held prisoner in Iran, " said Crapo. "Their release should have been a prerequisite to beginning any negotiations in the first place, let alone a final agreement. When Isra… Continue Reading
July 14, 2015
Crapo Staff in Glenns Ferry July 20
Boise - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo's staff will be on hand July 20 th in Glenns Ferry to assist Idahoans with issues with federal agencies. Crapo staff members regularly hold "remote office hours" to move staff from regional offices to smaller communities to meet directly with Idaho constituents on issues ranging from veterans care to questions about the IRS or Social Security. Bryan Ricker, Crapo's regional director in the Boise office, will be in Glenns Ferry to meet with Idahoans: C… Continue Reading
July 01, 2015
Crapo Launches Second Statewide Veterans Survey
BOISE-Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is launching his second statewide Veterans Survey today and is encouraging Idaho's veterans to participate as he makes stops throughout southern Idaho as a part of his continued town meeting tour. Last year, Crapo received feedback from more than 1,000 Idahoans about their experiences with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Crapo says this year he hopes to double that number in an effort to hear from more veterans. "Throughout my travels across Ida… Continue Reading
June 29, 2015
Crapo: Supreme Court Right to Consider Consumers in Ruling Against EPA
Boise - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo said the U.S. Supreme Court ruled correctly today when it ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency and in favor of consumers, state, and industry in striking down unreasonable rules against power plants. "The economic costs to consumers paying for energy must be considered when the government seeks to regulate energy production, be they from coal, oil or other sources," Crapo said. "The Supreme Court ruled wisely in recognizing that Americans pay for t… Continue Reading
June 25, 2015
Crapo Statement on King v. Burwell Decision
Washington, D.C. -Idaho Senator Mike Crapo today released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the King v. Burwell case: "Today's ruling is disappointing and in no way validates the President's health care law as some are claiming," said Crapo. "The court did not rule on the merits of Obamacare, but, rather, on a one sentence provision in a 2700-page ill-advised law. Obamacare is broken-plain and simple. Millions of Americans, including thousands of Idahoans, … Continue Reading
June 22, 2015
Crapo Sets South Idaho Town Meetings
Boise - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is continuing his town meetings with Idahoans with new forums across southern Idaho next week. Crapo has traveled across Idaho during state work periods over the past nine months, with the goal to visit all of Idaho's incorporated cities. He is taking questions from Idahoans and discussing issues including the national debt and tax reform. In Jerome, Crapo will honor local veteran Lee Nunnally, who volunteered and personally paid for repairs to an Operation… Continue Reading
June 18, 2015
Wyden-Crapo Fire Funding Provisions Included in Interior Appropriations Bill
Washington, D.C. Provisions to pay for the most extreme wildfires through federal disaster funding were included in the Fiscal Year 2016 Interior Appropriations Bill, which was passed by a Senate panel today. The funding method is similar to legislation introduced by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who have been concerned that firefighting budgets in recent years have taken funding from other programs, including those that restore habitat and maintain jobs in national f… Continue Reading
June 17, 2015
National Debt Doubles Under New CBO Estimate
Washington, D.C. - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo has been warning about the growing federal debt during the nearly 90 town meetings he has held across Idaho since last fall. Now, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a report adding to those concerns: left unchecked, the debt will double in two decades and could soon exceed the total economic output of the U.S. "Our nation may not survive this forecast if we don't hold the line on spending," Crapo said. "Spending is out of control… Continue Reading
June 05, 2015
Crapo, Risch Amendment Seeks to End Conflicts Between Training Ranges, Sage Grouse
Washington, D.C. - With the U.S. Senate considering authorization for the nation's military programs, Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are co-sponsoring plans to promote state management programs that can head off potential conflicts between operations on military training ranges and the Greater Sage-Grouse. The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allows individual states that are home to military facilities sufficient time to put sage grouse recovery plans in pla… Continue Reading
June 05, 2015
Crapo Sets Eastern Idaho Town Meetings
Idaho Falls - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is continuing his series of Idaho town meetings with stops in eastern Idaho later this week. After conducting more than 80 town meetings since last fall on days when the Senate is not in session, Crapo is adding meetings in Idaho Falls, Iona, Ammon, Firth and Shelley. Friday, June 5: 1:30 PM Iona Iona City Hall, Council Chambers, 3548 N. Main Street Saturday, June 6: 11:00 AM … Continue Reading
June 03, 2015
Crapo Introduces Nuclear Energy Innovation Act
Washington, D.C. â?? Idaho Senator Mike Crapo today introduced legislation aimed at encouraging investment and research in nuclear energy. Crapo says the lack of progress in nuclear technology innovation in the United States is alarming given the rapid pace of nuclear technology advancements in other countries. S. 1363, the Nuclear Energy Innovation Act, seeks to accelerate nuclear technology developments in the U.S. by directing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in conjunction with other … Continue Reading
June 03, 2015
Crapo, McCaskill Introduce Bill to Provide Regulatory Relief to Farmers, Water Users
Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) today led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation that would eliminate a costly and redundant U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation affecting pesticide users. The Sensible Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) seeks to clarify congressional intent concerning federal regulation of pesticides and codify longstanding interpretation of regulatory statutes after a 2009 court ruling … Continue Reading
May 27, 2015
Crapo Statement on Obama Administration Finalizing â??Waters of the U.S.â?? Rule
Washington, D.C. - The US. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers have announced their intent to move forward with the controversial "Waters of the United States" Rule--greatly increasing the regulatory power of the federal government under the Clean Water Act. Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, a member of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee (EPW), is urging Congress to act immediately on bipartisan legislation and issued the following statement: "In th… Continue Reading
May 21, 2015
Crapo: Operation Choke Point Undermines Second Amendment Rights
Washington, D.C. -An amendment offered by Idaho Senator Mike Crapo in opposition to the controversial U.S. Department of Justice-led program known as Operation Choke Point was approved by the Senate Banking Committee this afternoon. Building on previous legislation Crapo secured in the final budget agreement, the Senator called the passage of today's amendment the next step in ensuring the program does not become an end-run around the Second Amendment. The Idaho Senator says he has heard from s… Continue Reading
May 20, 2015
Crapo Continues Town Meeting Schedule
Lewiston - Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is continuing his series of Idaho town meetings scheduled during the Memorial Day state work period. After conducting 70 town meetings since last fall on weeks when the Senate is not in session, Crapo is adding meetings in Valley County and Idaho County, in Cascade, Donnelly, McCall, New Meadows, Riggins and White Bird. The revised Memorial Week schedule includes the following locations: Crapo's schedule for May 27, 28 and 29 includes these t… Continue Reading
