by Team Crapo | Apr 9, 2015 | News
By: Greg Eichelberger – Sen. Mike Crapo, who has long been an advocate for the Second Amendment, has now set his sights on introducing legislation to establish consistent enforcement regarding firearm possession laws across state and federal lands. Under current... by Team Crapo | Apr 5, 2015 | News
By: Senator Mike Crapo – Some lands and water managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are open for hunting, and there are a small number of authorized shooting ranges, but much of the millions of acres managed by the Corps are off limits to lawful possession...
by Team Crapo | Apr 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Journal Staff – Idaho’s Gowen Field in Boise has 22 A-10 Thunderbolt jets as part of the Air National Guard 124th Fighter Wing. Six of them are currently deployed to Qatar for exercises on close air-support, and Idaho’s congressional delegation... by Team Crapo | Mar 28, 2015 | News
By: Times-News Editorial Board – CHEER Cheers to U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, who this week soldiered on in his battle to get wildfires correctly designated as natural disasters. Federal agencies have been robbing Peter to pay Paul — backward policy that ultimately... by Team Crapo | Feb 23, 2015 | News
By: Eric Goodell – TWIN FALLS | U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo likens the U.S. tax code to a thousand Pick Up Sticks jumbled on a table. Instead of trying to examine each piece one at a time, the senator from Idaho suggests wiping the table clean and starting fresh.... by Team Crapo | Feb 22, 2015 | News
By: Nathan Brown – BOISE | Idaho’s two Republican U.S. senators told Idaho lawmakers Feb. 17, that the mounting national debt is a threat to America’s future. “The financial condition of this country is absolutely horrible,” Sen. Jim Risch told the state’s House... by Team Crapo | Feb 14, 2015 | News
By: Sen. Mike Crapo – According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 22 species have been listed in Idaho under the Endangered Species Act. There are 1,590 ESA listings nationwide. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service reported that only 28 species... by Team Crapo | Feb 12, 2015 | News
By: Rocky Barker – Rep. Raul Labrador introduced a bill Wednesday that would make it much more difficult to create national monuments. Labrador’s bill and the Senate version introduced by Sen. Mike Crapo would require approval of any monument declaration... by Team Crapo | Feb 9, 2015 | News
By: Sen. Mike Crapo – Duplicative, often burdensome federal regulations imposed on the private sector continue to stifle economic growth and discourage innovation. An efficient and accountable regulatory structure is of paramount importance and fundamental to... by Team Crapo | Feb 8, 2015 | News
By: Bill Dentzer – “Downwinders” are people who suffer health problems from the radioactive fallout of nuclear tests in the Nevada desert from 1951 to 1962. A compensation fund for victims has paid out $923 million to more than 23,000 claimants since...