Jim Risch actually said...

"Most of what we know about it, most of what we are doing about it, cannot be discussed in this setting."

"These counties need help right now. I mean, we need to pass this and it needs to be done right now."

"This is a bipartisan issue and should be done on a bipartisan basis."

"We have to assure them that that is an issue that should not get bound up in this and it has, really, nothing to do with this."