I recently sent a letter with Chairman Menendez to Secretaries Yellen and Blinken outlining my surprise that this was not already a permanent position given Switzerland's outsized importance in the trade and financial sectors, as well as my concern about the prospect of losing this position at such a critical time.
Risch expressed concern over the temporary status of the Treasury attache in Switzerland.
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I think it is incumbent upon us as we go forward to do that, and I commit to you that we will continue to pursue that.
What is happening there today, as we speak, on the ground is unacceptable what the current authorities are doing against the people of Georgia.
This is a bipartisan issue, and it is an American issue and something we all need to work on together.
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