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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For whatever reason the second branch of government is reluctant to anger other countries or look at the wrath of other countries, and that is just flat wrong.
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.
the United States has been a partner of Georgia for 30 years now, supporting its democracy, its self-determination, its security, and it is a relationship that has been based on shared values.
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.
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