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SB: Keynote
Keynote Address
Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho
U.S. Senate
Michael Crapo is a lifelong Idahoan and a member of the United States Senate, where he ranks 22nd in overall seniority. Sen. Crapo’s commonsense approach and collaborative, creative problem-solving have enabled him to achieve lasting solutions to issues of importance to Idahoans and the nation. He is the second-most-senior Republican on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Sen. Crapo has been a member of the committee since the beginning of his Senate service in 1999, and he served as the Ranking Member (lead Republican) on the committee in the 113th Congress. He is the third-ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the federal tax code and tax policy in general; major federal government entitlement programs, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; and implementation of reciprocal foreign trade agreements. Sen. Crapo serves on the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Environment Committee, Budget Committee and Indian Affairs Committee. Sen. Crapo is an active member of the Senate Western Caucus, made up of senators from Western and rural states committed to advancing federal policies related to environmental stewardship and resource utilization on lands across the West. He also leads or serves on more than 26 other caucuses, which provide an organized forum to join with others in advocating for a wide range of issues. Sen Crapo has served in other various leadership roles. He was appointed as chief deputy whip for the 114th Congress. He was also chief deputy whip in the 113th Congress, and he served as a deputy Republican whip in the previous four Congresses. Before being elected to the United States Senate in 1998, Sen. Crapo served three terms as the 2nd District Representative for Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives. Previously, he served in the Idaho State Senate from 1984 to 1992, and spent his final four years in the Idaho Legislature as Senate president pro tempore. He received his juris doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1977 and graduated from Brigham Young University in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree.