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Mike Crapo

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Mike Dean Crapo is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Idaho, a position he has held since 1999. A member of the Republican Party, Crapo has focused on various issues including tax policy, healthcare, and trade. He has been an advocate for making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent and has expressed support for targeted tariffs to protect American interests.

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May 29, 2026

Codifying the Department of Labor’s recent updates to the AEWR would help clarify and stabilize wages in the H-2A agricultural labor program.

scott.senate.gov
May 29, 2026

We have a moral responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us.

rounds.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

The federal government has a responsibility to counties home to federal lands in Idaho and across the country to help support essential public services like roads, emergency response and schools given these communities’ inability to…

risch.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

Renewing the Legacy Restoration Fund will help ensure vital repair work continues in Idaho and across the nation.

risch.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

Codifying the Department of Labor’s recent updates to the AEWR would help clarify and stabilize wages in the H-2A agricultural labor program.

scott.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

We have a moral responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us.

rounds.senate.gov
May 21, 2026

As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Crapo is in a position to advance the ASAP Act.

idahocapitalsun.com
Oct 30, 2025

I agree with my colleagues that tariffs should be more targeted to avoid harm to Americans.

apnews.com
Sep 7, 2025

President Trump and Secretary Kennedy have made a steadfast commitment to make America healthy again.

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Jun 30, 2025

Going back to endless subsidies is not sensible energy tax policy. Allowing adversarial nations and the industries that have been fairly industrialized to benefit from incentives intended to benefit Americans is doubly unfair. I urge my…

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Jun 28, 2025

Even with all that and all that we accomplish in this legislation, there are dozens of additional good ideas, smart policies, and commonsense reforms that we were not able to include today. I commit to working with my colleagues to advance…

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Jun 28, 2025

First of all, it was said that the reason that we are going to increase the debt ceiling in the bill is because we are spending so much money and driving the deficit up. Well, first of all, our bill drives the deficit down, not up; and…

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Jun 28, 2025

This bill prevents an over-$4 trillion tax hike and makes the successful 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent.

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Jun 27, 2025

At the request of @SecScottBessent and in light of this joint understanding to preserve US tax sovereignty and allow US tax laws to co-exist with the Pillar 2 regime, we will remove proposed tax code Section 899 from the One Big Beautiful…

nypost.com
Jun 15, 2025

I look forward to continued coordination with our colleagues in the House and the Administration to deliver President Trump’s bold economic agenda for the American people as quickly as possible.

nbcnews.com
Jun 5, 2025

There's not a strong mood in the Senate Republican caucus right now

nbcnews.com
May 1, 2025

Briefly to respond, we worked very closely with our colleagues across the aisle to try to vet this anonymous letter and get the information necessary to evaluate it. We are still willing to look at it.

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Apr 30, 2025

For the information of all Senators, we will have two rollcall votes at 5:25 today, first on passage of S.J. Res. 49, followed immediately by the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 31. ____________________

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Mar 12, 2025

Dr. Oz followed the law and provided significant amounts of documentation to substantiate his tax return positions as part of the committee’s rigorous vetting process.

nbcnews.com
Mar 11, 2025

If this bill is referred to the Finance Committee, then it, like all other legislation in this area that is referred to the Finance Committee, will be reviewed by us. I can't tell you that it will have a specific hearing. I can't tell you…

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Mar 11, 2025

I do think that idea--that outcome is a good outcome to seek to achieve. I can't say that I want to have your legislation or even my legislation--

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Mar 11, 2025

I am prepared to discuss the issue. I am not telling you that I will limit the discussion to this piece of legislation. But, yes, we are prepared to discuss significant approaches to how we improve and expand proper healthcare treatment in…

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Feb 27, 2025

Recognizes that extending current law does not change the tax policy, does not reduce tax revenue.

truthout.org
Feb 20, 2025

Once again, this targeted budget blueprint before us would focus on the border, the military, and our energy independence. While the Finance Committee does have a $1 billion instruction, this is neither a tax bill nor a healthcare reform…

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