Jim Risch actually said...

I know this is going to come as a great shock to a lot of people in Washington, D.C., but you know the people in the States really do a pretty good job of resolving their own problems if you let them do it.

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Risch argues for local autonomy in problem-solving over federal intervention.

12/16/2009

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