James E. Risch

U.S. policy must account for this rise of coercive economic practices and maintain our competitiveness in order to achieve what is best for our national interests.

I do not think that can be understated and, indeed, people first look to what their financial situation is when they make decisions about how they are going to proceed.

I could not agree with the whole-of-government approach more.

I do not think that can be understated and, indeed, people first look to what their financial situation is when they make decisions about how they are going to proceed.

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…

we hope to involve the chairman and ranking member and working across the committee either through that legislative effort or another in fairly short order to empower the State Department

Thank you. You guys are doing Heaven's work. There is no question about it. We appreciate what you do.

The United States is the leading global voice on combating human trafficking and has been so for decades.

The United States is the leading global voice on combating human trafficking and has been so for decades.

It is shame, however, that some governments participate in state-sponsored patterns of trafficking.

There is absolutely no reason it should not.

There is absolutely no reason it should not.

If I was a purchaser of supplies, then anything I saw from Xinjiang would raise my antenna.

My time is limited here, but I do want to touch on what I think is probably the most obvious matter we hear about in the news and that is the Uyghurs in China.

If I was a purchaser of supplies, then anything I saw from Xinjiang would raise my antenna.

Thank you. You guys are doing Heaven's work. There is no question about it. We appreciate what you do.

It is shame, however, that some governments participate in state-sponsored patterns of trafficking.

My time is limited here, but I do want to touch on what I think is probably the most obvious matter we hear about in the news and that is the Uyghurs in China.

We also need to make significant headway with fuels reduction projects.

Look, for years, we have focused on putting out fires. And we were very, very successful at it, and by being successful at it, we have caused the problem that we have got, and that is that the West, particularly, burns every year.

Look, for years, we have focused on putting out fires. And we were very, very successful at it, and by being successful at it, we have caused the problem that we have got, and that is that the West, particularly, burns every year.

We need to all pull the wagon----

We also need to make significant headway with fuels reduction projects.

We need to all pull the wagon----

I appreciate your comment about the 6,000 work visas for Idahoans, but that is a drop in the bucket.