James E. Risch

President Petro said that he wished to reevaluate the counter narcotics policies of preceding administrations.

It sure seems to me that it would be very difficult to argue that there is not backsliding going on.

I guess if I was sitting in Iran I would say the U.S. sanctioned us--so what. What do we care?

It just seems to me that why bother doing this? In fact, if anything, I think it undermines us by doing something like this and then it not having any consequences.

What good does sanctioning do if you do not do anything about it when a country like this takes the action it did?

I was also disappointed President de Silva turned down Germany's request for ammunition Ukraine needs to defend its sovereign territory against the unprovoked Russian invasion and occupation.

Next year, we will celebrate 200 years of diplomatic relations. The Administration should seize this moment with a bold bilateral agenda.

I am disturbed by reports that the President instead just asked them to move the port visit until after their meeting.

The United States has an enduring interest in our prosperous, democratic, and stable Western Hemisphere.

If you cut the State Department, I am going to need you to buy me more bullets.

This is not a partisan issue. This is an American issue.

What these people--what the Russians have done in Ukraine is barbaric. It's unforgiveable.

America does not believe that, that the border is secure with the thousands of people that are coming across.

I do not know what the path forward is. I guess that is your guys' job, but you need to come up with something to get their attention.

I cringe every time I hear somebody from the Administration say, oh, well, the border is secure.

The difficulty, of course, is that that situation deteriorated dramatically and quickly and we are back to where we were before.

I think complex is as kind a way as you could say it regarding our relationship with China at the present time.

I encourage President Obrador of Mexico to deepen our bilateral security cooperation for the sake of our region's security and prosperity.

It is time the Administration wakes up. We have a serious threat at the border and the President needs to be serious about addressing it.

Illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids pose an unprecedented threat to American families.

In 2021, more than 100,000 Americans--more than 100,000 Americans--died from drug overdoses, nearly 70 percent of which were from fentanyl poisoning.

Addressing this threat will require greater awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, better coordination of local, state, and federal law enforcement resources for mental health, and effective--very effective--international cooperation.

We believe we need to help them in asymmetric weapons capabilities, help them train and integrate their reserves.

Money has a way of doing that.

The Biden administration said over and over again that it supports security assistance to Taiwan. However, it did nothing to advocate for Taiwan during the appropriations process.