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Jim Risch: “It is impossible to explain to the United States taxpayers, particularly my constituents, how the funds that--U.S.…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
It is impossible to explain to the United States taxpayers, particularly my constituents, how the funds that--U.S. taxpayer dollars that flowed into UNRWA could be used to print textbooks that I have no doubt you have seen that have anti-Semitic materials in them
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch criticizes UNRWA for using U.S. funds for anti-Semitic educational materials.

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