Jim Risch actually said...

"I want to underscore the comments of Senator Barrasso regarding the proposal of wilderness."

"It just doesn't make sense."

"In order to follow up on this conversation we're having right now about China, can you give us some indication of what China's expenditures in Pakistan--how they compare to ours?"

"I have a real difficulty in explaining to people back home in Idaho what we're doing spending billions of dollars in Pakistan."