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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2024

It is going to be never. You guys are dreaming over there if this is what you are waiting for.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2024

The only way they would come back to the table is if they think they can snooker us again.

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Jim Risch
@jimrisch· Republican · ID· May 14, 2024

For deterrence to be credible, it must be backed up by capability and political will to follow through on the threat.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

I have learned not to make promises I can't keep because you are dealing with hundreds of years of broken promises.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

I plan on being up there this summer to talk a little bit about salmon recovery.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

Alaska Natives and American Indians stand up for this country more than any other ethnic group.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

We start things and then it stops because there is a new director here and a new director there.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

It is a must-do. It is a 'shall' from the Federal Government to fix that.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

Indian water rights has become a bigger and bigger issue, whether it is in Oklahoma or whether it is in Arizona, whether it is in Idaho, and that is something that we are going to have to deal with.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

Last year was an ugly budget year. I understand why it was. We were overspending.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

There is no problem that a really good water year won't solve.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

You can bet there is going to be a hearing on it, and we are going to call in the Department of Justice.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

I don't think you could be any more upset about what is happening with murdered and missing indigenous women than I am.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

I will tell you it is going to be an uglier year this year. We are still not going to go back.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 7, 2024

I am the co-chairman of the House TRIO Caucus, and what it does is help prepare first-time students to go to college.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

Just like in the 1800s when they slaughtered all these buffalo, that was how we were going to control the tribes, by controlling their food supply or eliminating their food supply.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

I think we need to look at that whole situation and how we can improve that.

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