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Jim Risch: “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…”

On the recordMay 1, 2017
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.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch addresses environmental concerns regarding land transfer to states.

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