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Jim Risch: “I view this, really, not as a Republican problem or a Democrat problem; this is an American problem.”

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
I view this, really, not as a Republican problem or a Democrat problem; this is an American problem.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch emphasizes the need for bipartisan cooperation on national issues.

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