I hope you will take back a message again to the State Department on how important it is that this man be released from prison, for doing something that the world does not condone, and that is simply for exercising his religious freedom.
Jim Risch: “I hope you will take back a message again to the State Department on how important it is that this man be released from…”
On the recordMay 6, 2013
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Risch emphasizes the importance of releasing a prisoner for exercising religious freedom.
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