Jim Risch actually said...

"We need a set of rules that we all acknowledge are binding as far as whose job it is to do what in this democracy."

"We are mixing the constitutional prerogatives of two co-equal branches of the federal government."

"I share Senator Cardin's view on the prerogative of the first branch of government."

"This is not a partisan issue, by any stretch of the imagination. We are all pulling the wagon together here."