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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 15, 2013

You said, and that confirms what you said and that is that 80 percent of them do not even contact you to straighten it out, am I right on that, 80 percent of the kickbacks?

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 15, 2013

If this thing kicks back and says that you are not qualified to work, as far as I am concerned, I think that is the end of it for the employer.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 15, 2013

Can employers say, I do not want to mess with this. You are fired?

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 15, 2013

This is not the primary jurisdiction of this Committee. It is the Judiciary and Rules Committee.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 15, 2013

First of all, you know, to me, my philosophy is that this problem should not be the employer's problem. This should be the employee's problem.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2013

If you keep doing the same thing you are going to keep getting the same results, and that is exactly what has been happening here for years and years.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2013

What you just described is exactly what has happened before.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2013

The longer we talk, the larger the stockpile they get of the materials they need to construct a weapon.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2013

We can turn the screw as tight as we want, but that probably is not going to do the job.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2013

I appreciate that, and I agree completely that by spotlighting this that does a tremendous amount of good in the world court of public opinion.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2013

I want to underscore for you that people really want to see this brought to an end.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 7, 2013

The rising tide lifts all boats and it is important that we focus on that.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 6, 2013

I think people should understand there and should understand in the international community and the administration should understand that the other options on the table we are getting closer and closer and closer to because of the…

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 6, 2013

I think we should take out of this description of what is happening there, the words 'success' and 'effective.'

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 6, 2013

I hope you will take the message back to the State Department that this is not a 'mission accomplished' moment.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 6, 2013

They have that, and they are ready, willing, and able every time that there is an incident somewhere in the world to respond and to assist and to be helpful in seeing that these kinds of things do not happen in the future.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 6, 2013

I know you have been briefed on the importance of the Idaho National Laboratory, which is the home--it is the leading laboratory for nuclear energy in America.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 6, 2013

The East China Sea is a poster child for the lack of the ability of the treaty to resolve these kinds of things.

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