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Jim Risch: “The problem you just described, is that--I hate to use the word 'fault,' but is that the consequences of what we're…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
The problem you just described, is that--I hate to use the word 'fault,' but is that the consequences of what we're doing or not doing or the consequences of what the individual countries are doing or not doing?
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Questions the root cause of health system issues in developing countries.

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