Work to block harmful Biden-era heat rules that they say threaten jobs and create new safety risks for American workers.

James E. Risch · Idaho · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.83 extraction confidence 94%

Occurrences

introduced the Heat Workforce Standards Act to protect workers from Biden-era heat standards they say threaten jobs and create new safety risks

Risch and Senate Republicans introduced legislation to block Biden-era heat standards and protect workers.

Risch, Cassidy Lead Bill to Protect American Workers, Block Harmful Biden Heat Rule
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

Risch's Senate office says Jim Risch, Bill Cassidy, and colleagues introduced the Heat Workforce Standards Act to block Biden-era heat standards; Risch said the bill would stop implementation.

Shows Risch took a concrete federal legislative step matching the promise, but this is evidence of effort rather than proof the rule was blocked.

partial same_term A for effort

Risch, Cassidy Lead Bill to Protect American Workers, Block Harmful Biden Heat Rule
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

The bill text lists Cassidy for himself and Risch, and Section 3 bars the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing OSHA's 2024 heat standard or a substantially similar standard.

Shows the mechanism Risch backed: a statutory prohibition on the OSHA proposed heat rule. It is substantial effort, not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026 draft text
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The Congressional Record records S.4427 by Cassidy for himself, Risch, Tuberville, Crapo, Budd, Daines, Sheehy, Cornyn, and Tillis; it was referred to HELP.

Officially verifies introduction and committee referral of the anti-heat-rule bill with Risch named, but no passage at that action point.

partial same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-04-29-senate.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

HELP Republicans say Cassidy led 15 Republican senators, including Jim Risch, urging DOL to address concerns with the Biden proposed heat rule as rulemaking continued.

Shows Risch joined administrative pressure on DOL before the bill, another concrete effort to block or weaken the proposed rule.

partial same_term A for effort

Chairman Cassidy, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Ditch Democrat Heat Rule Proposal
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

OSHA's rulemaking page says the proposed rule was published August 30, 2024; the public hearing ran June 16-July 2, 2025; post-hearing comments ended October 30, 2025.

Official OSHA status indicates an ongoing proposed-rule record, not a final rule and not a withdrawn or statutorily blocked rule.

unresolved same_term

Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Rulemaking
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

FastDemocracy lists S.4427 as Introduced, with last action on April 29, 2026: read twice and referred to HELP; Risch is listed as a cosponsor, and no votes are shown.

As of the tracker snapshot, Risch's bill had not passed the Senate, passed the House, or become law, so the blocking outcome was not delivered despite effort.

never same_term A for effort

Bill tracking in US - S 4427, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

OSHA's current rulemaking page says the informal public hearing ended on July 2, 2025 and the post-hearing comment period ended on October 30, 2025; the page does not show a final rule, withdrawal, or statutory block.

As of the current official OSHA status page, the heat standard remains unresolved rather than delivered or blocked by final agency action.

unresolved same_term

Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Rulemaking
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

The Congressional Record shows S.4427 was introduced by Cassidy for himself and Risch and referred to HELP after being read twice.

Risch backed a concrete legislative attempt to stop the Biden-era heat rule, but the record here shows introduction and referral, not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-04-29-senate.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

Assessments

unresolved unknown A for effort

Risch took concrete federal action aligned with the promise by co-sponsoring S.4427 to bar OSHA from finalizing or enforcing the heat standard and by joining pressure on the Labor Department. But the supplied official and legislative evidence shows only bill introduction and committee referral, while OSHA's rulemaking page still shows the heat rule as pending rather than blocked, withdrawn, or nullified. Because he materially pursued the promise but the blocking outcome has not yet been achieved and remains possible during his current service, this is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 90%