Jim Risch actually said...

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

"The U.S. led a successful effort to build a coalition of like-minded countries within the OAS to invoke the RIO Treaty."

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

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