Jim Risch actually said...

"I think that this is really the last chance that we have for something approaching free or freer and fairer elections in Nicaragua."

"this, in my opinion, is really our chance--our last chance because a consolidated dictatorship... is extremely difficult to break down and rebuild a democracy out of that."

"I think most of us are aware of the remittance issues you indicated, the huge part of the GDP that makes up those countries."

"There has been quite a bit of progress in building democracy and implementing market based economic reforms."