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Jim Risch: “We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

On the recordMay 20, 2015
We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Stressing the importance of compromise in governance.

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