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Jim Risch: “Why oh why oh why, as we as Americans, give up our taxing authority, handing money over to the United Nations...”

On the recordMay 22, 2012
Why oh why oh why, as we as Americans, give up our taxing authority, handing money over to the United Nations...
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch questions ceding U.S. taxing authority to the UN for international agreements.

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