Risch, Crapo mum on DeVos calls

Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch received numerous calls, mostly negative ones, before both voted in favor of confirming Betsy DeVos’s nomination as education secretary, the Idaho Statesman reports, but neither will say how many called. “It isn’t available and we’re not going to release those numbers,” Risch Chief of Staff John Sandy said Tuesday, adding that members of Congress are not required to release such information. Robert Sumner, Crapo’s press secretary, was similarly circumspect, writes Statesman reporter Bill Dentzer/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.