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Jim Risch: “This is the one shot we have got because when this bill was drafted, my experience, I did almost 30 years in our State…”

On the recordMay 15, 2013
This is the one shot we have got because when this bill was drafted, my experience, I did almost 30 years in our State senate, and as with every law, what you just talked about the law of unintended consequences comes back and bites us more often than not.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch emphasizes the importance of careful legislation to avoid unintended consequences.

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