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Sen. James "Jim" Risch (R-ID) Official Photo Navy League Advocates in State 46 Previous Contacts 3 Grassroots Actions Since July 2020 0 Address Room 483, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-1206 Next Election Term Before Politics 2026 3rd term Public Official, Education Education Education University of Idaho, Law School J.D. 1968 University of Idaho B.S. 1965 Education Past Military Service University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Att. 1963 None Bio Sen. James "Jim" Risch is a 3rd term Senator in the US Congress who represents Idaho and received 62.6% of the vote in his last election. He is the Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations committee, and a member of the Ethics, Small Business, Intelligence, and Energy committees.He works most frequently on Public Lands and Natural Resources (23 bills), Energy (22 bills), Congressional oversight (20 bills), Commerce (18 bills), and Idaho (17 bills). He has sponsored 71 bills in his last twelve year(s) in office, voting with his party 90.9% of the time, getting 29.58% of his bills out of committee, and 2.82% of his Sea Service Installations in State: Co-Sponsored Bills We Support S. 133: Merchant Mariners of World War II Powered by Quorum Sen. James "Jim" Risch (R-ID) Committees Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Senate Committee on Small Business and... Senate Select Committee on Ethics Subcommittees Senate Subcommittee on Energy Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and... Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power Committees Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Chairs: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) | Ranking Members: Sen. James "Jim" Risch (R-ID) Caucuses Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Chairs: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Powered by Quorum.

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