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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 16, 2018
Valley County is probably one of the prettiest places in America, and those people that live there really value that tremendously.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho
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Senator Risch praises the natural beauty of Valley County.

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