Mike Crapo

Lack Of Trade Deals Hurting U.S. Farmers
Lack Of Trade Deals Hurting U.S. Farmers
Lack Of Trade Deals Hurting U.S. Farmers
The USDA is forecasting a record farm trade deficit next year, which raises the specter of an earlier debate and questions over the administration’s policy not to do free trade agreements.  The $42.5 billion farm trade deficit, if realized, again raises the issue of the administration rejecting market-opening free trade deals.   “...
CRA Challenging WOTUS Clears The Senate
CRA Challenging WOTUS Clears The Senate
CRA Challenging WOTUS Clears The Senate
A Congressional Review Act, or CRA, put forward by both Idaho senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, cleared the Senate Thursday, challenging the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States rule, which grossly expands federal regulatory authority over water.   “...
NW Senators Throw Support Behind CURD Act
NW Senators Throw Support Behind CURD Act
NW Senators Throw Support Behind CURD Act
A bipartisan effort is underway in the U.S. Senate to change labeling guidelines for cheese. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, along with Idaho senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo have co-sponsored the Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions, or CURD Act...
USTR Hearing Before Senate Committee Gets Testy
USTR Hearing Before Senate Committee Gets Testy
USTR Hearing Before Senate Committee Gets Testy
Both parties challenged U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai repeatedly on the administration’s failure to negotiate market-opening free trade deals and even pursuing a ‘go-it-alone’ policy without consulting lawmakers on trade.   “Congres...
Risch, Baldwin Roll Out DAIRY PRIDE Act
Risch, Baldwin Roll Out DAIRY PRIDE Act
Risch, Baldwin Roll Out DAIRY PRIDE Act
After last week’s proposed guidance by the FDA, allowing nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk,” Idaho Senator Jim Risch and Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin formally introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the “unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names”.  The Defending Against Imita...
Senate Republicans Introduce Challenge To WOTUS
Senate Republicans Introduce Challenge To WOTUS
Senate Republicans Introduce Challenge To WOTUS
On Thursday, Idaho Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo as well as West Virginia's Shelley Moore Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined 47 of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s WOTUS rule.  Tha...
Wyden, Crapo Call For Full Enforcement Of USMCA
Wyden, Crapo Call For Full Enforcement Of USMCA
Wyden, Crapo Call For Full Enforcement Of USMCA
Senate Finance Committee Chair Oregon’s Ron Wyden, and Ranking Member Idaho’s Mike Crapo, are calling for the administration to continue to press for strong enforcement of USMCA.  Thursday’s letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai says such enforcement will ensure American trading partners live up to their obligations.   Crapo and Wyden sa...
Searle Hopeful Lame Duck Will Address Labor
Searle Hopeful Lame Duck Will Address Labor
Searle Hopeful Lame Duck Will Address Labor
Only a few weeks remain for the 117th Congress, and the farming community is hopeful the lame duck session will address a few ag needs during that time.  One of the top issues across commodities in ag labor.  Bryan Searle, President of the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation said it’s still very hard to find workers.   “Nobody really w...

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