James E. Risch: “Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard.”

democracy is a whole lot better than authoritarianism.

The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws.

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.

I agree with that, and one of the other ones we really needed to turn the screw on is on the Russians.