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Jim Risch: we got a real problem in what I would call an enthusiasm gap or an urgency gap.

On the recordNovember 30, 2011
we got a real problem in what I would call an enthusiasm gap or an urgency gap.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch identifies a disconnect in urgency between branches of government.

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