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Jim Risch: “It is really unfortunate that those of us that have been elected to govern and want to govern cannot govern because we…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2013
It is really unfortunate that those of us that have been elected to govern and want to govern cannot govern because we cannot get a vote on these things.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch laments the inability to vote on important governance issues.

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