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On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
Frankly, I was not as shocked as a lot of people were. I do not know how you sit at a table with--Ms. Zeya, as you indicated, you are sitting around a table with the who is who of human rights violators on the planet.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch expresses frustration about engaging with human rights violators in the U.N. Human Rights Council.

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