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Jim Risch: “To me, the most important thing, here, I mean, it's important to put people to work, it's important to get revenue for…”

On the recordJune 16, 2009
To me, the most important thing, here, I mean, it's important to put people to work, it's important to get revenue for our governments from an activity like this by developing a natural resource in America, which can be done in a very environmentally safe way.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Emphasizes job creation and safe resource development as priorities.

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