“Good grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying. We are not merging our military with the IDF."”
“The president's policy is 'a head for an eye.' I mean, honestly, that's what it's going to be.”
“This war has killed 18 US service members, cost billions of taxpayer dollars, and displaced millions of civilians.”
“If Republicans actually wanted to stop congressional stock trading, they’d pass our bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act,"”
“The point is that tariffs contributed to inflation.”
“We support open-source AI and the innovation it unlocks. But open source is not open season on American IP.”

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On the recordNovember 27, 2018
I think, and sometimes in this committee we do have a tendency to politicize everything, and this is a cause that really is not political.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho
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Editor's note · Context

Risch emphasizes that human trafficking should not be politicized.

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