James E. Risch: “I would like to highlight here is Ranking Member Risch's REPO Act that would require Russia to basically pay for the…”

When I did REPO, which you referred to, my biggest enemy was not Democrats. My biggest enemy was the Administration.

Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard.

Oh, we can be fired.

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.