to expand background checks for sales at gun shows and online. Risch voted for both Republican-backed bills, John Cornyn's proposal to create a 72-hour delay for anyone on the terrorist watchlist buying a gun and Charles Grassley and Ted Cruz's proposal to alert authorities if a someone on the list tries to buy a firearm. Criminal justice Risch opposed the FIRST STEP Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill. The bill passed 87–12 on December 18, 2018. Health care Risch supports repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. He voted against the ACA in 2010. On May 21, 2020, Risch introduced S. 3829, the Global Health Security and Diplomacy Act, but it did not receive a vote. In opening the confirmation hearings for Secretary Antony Blinken, Risch emphasized it as a legislative and foreign policy priority, given the "catastrophic failure at every level" of global health security infrastructure. The bill's supporters claim it would "improve coordination among the relevant Federal departments and agencies implementing United States foreign assistance for global health security, and more effectively enable partner countries to strengthen and sustain resilient health systems and supply chains with the resources, capacity, and personnel required to prevent, detect, mitigate, and respond to infectious disease threats before they become pandemics, and for other purposes." 2021 storming of the United States Capitol On May 28, 2021, Risch abstained from voting on the creation of an independent commission to investigate the 2021 United States Capitol attack. Veteran Affairs On August 2, 2022, Risch was one of only 11 senators to vote against the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, a bill to expand VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. Electoral history Idaho State Senate Idaho Lieutenant Governor U.S. Senator References External links Senator Jim Risch official U.S. Senate website Jim Risch for Senate Elections National Business Aviation Association: Election 2014, Sen. Jim Risch Risch revels in upcoming term as king The Idaho Statesman March 18, 2006 Risch becomes Idaho's 31st governor The Idaho Statesman'' May 26, 2006 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1943 births 21st-century American politicians American people of German descent American people of English descent American people of Scottish descent American people of Irish descent American prosecutors Christians from Idaho Republican Party governors of Idaho Idaho lawyers Republican Party Idaho state