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Mike Crapo
@mikecrapo· Republican · ID· Jul 1, 2020

reserving the right to object. To date, Congress has appropriated nearly $3 trillion to protect, strengthen, and support Americans in all walks of life, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and to stabilize the infrastructure and our economic…

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Max Miller
@maxmiller· Republican · ID· Jun 30, 2020

I thank Chairman DeFazio for yielding. I rise in opposition to amendment No. 124 on both the merits and the process that bring us to the people's House today. I came to Congress to fix issues in southern West Virginia, like our need for…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 16, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 4, 2020

and fellow Senators, we are about to do the final vote on Michael Pack. This man is uniquely qualified to hold this position. He has done an outstanding job. Everyone should look at the most recent documentary he did on the Supreme Court…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 4, 2020

I would like 3 minutes to close the debate on Michael Pack. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 3, 2020

reserving the right to object. First of all, let me commend my good friend from Illinois for bringing this. I know he is frustrated, as all of us are, with what has happened with this pandemic that came out of China and swept the world and…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 3, 2020

Thank you. I appreciate these comments. There is nothing that the Senator just stated that I disagree with. One point, in passing, and I say this in the spirit of trying to get to the objective that I laid out, and that is, it is my intent…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· Jun 3, 2020

reserving the right to object, what you are seeing here today is a pure, unadulterated exercise in politics-- politics that are steeped with the difference of political philosophy between the two parties. With relation to the complaint…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 19, 2020

reserving the right to object, let me state the resolution referred to by my friend from Illinois is comfortably residing in the Foreign Relations Committee at the present time and is subject to the regular order of Congress and of the…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 19, 2020

Not yet. I want to yield to Senator Braun. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana. ____________________

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Mike Crapo
@mikecrapo· Republican · ID· May 19, 2020

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

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Mike Crapo
@mikecrapo· Republican · ID· May 19, 2020

along with my colleagues Senator Jim Risch, Representative Mike Simpson and Representative Russ Fulcher, I congratulate Glen Tait, who is retiring from his position as Idaho National Laboratory's--INL--Governmental Affairs Director, after…

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Russ Fulcher
@russfulcher· Republican · ID· May 15, 2020

The United States of America has generated more prosperity than every other nation in history combined. That is because our divinely inspired system of government prioritizes individual rights through a republic that has representation…

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Russ Fulcher
@russfulcher· Republican · ID· May 15, 2020

When I disagree with the legislative content, I often consider compromise. But in this case, there is only one reasonable response, and that is a ``no'' vote.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 11, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 11, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 11, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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Mike Crapo
@mikecrapo· Republican · ID· May 11, 2020

I rise today to urge my colleagues to confirm Brian Montgomery as the next Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Montgomery is among the most respected voices in the housing market, as well as one of…

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