Jim Risch actually said...

"I am increasingly concerned that while a majority of nations in our hemisphere are considered democracies, authoritarian regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba have systematically dismantled democr..."

"I am increasingly worried by steps backward. The past weeks more than 50 journalists were beaten."

"We see in this committee on a bipartisan basis as China being our most strategic competitor."

"The bill that you worked on last week will be--will give us an additional tool to do that."