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On the recordJuly 22, 2013
Only in Washington, D.C. would we think receiving 100 percent of nothing is better than receiving 62.5 percent of something.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Criticizing the federal government's stance on offshore revenue sharing.

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