Jim Risch actually said...

"Arguably, what you are doing is more important than what is happening on the battlefield."

"If we get this wrong, we risk not only billions of dollars in U.S. and allied economic hardships."

"Half of its sovereign assets, as you mentioned, Ranking Member Risch, they are blocked outside Russia."

"That is the sign of a country suffering under economic distress, and I think that is a direct result of the sanctions we have put in place."