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Jim Risch

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Jim Risch is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Risch previously held the position of lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2006 to 2009 and served in the Idaho State Senate from 2002 to 2006. Throughout his career, he has focused on issues such as government accountability and land management, reflecting the interests of his constituents in Idaho.

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Jun 13, 2017

If Congress is going to take a serious look at reforming the tax code, we certainly should look at ways it can be simplified.

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Jun 13, 2017

this is not a partisan issue. This is a bipartisan issue, and Senator Shaheen and I will be working on that together

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Jun 12, 2017

I understand that the memo went out to all the Democrats that they are supposed to raise health care.

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Jun 12, 2017

I saw confusion. I saw a real troubling view from their point of view during the last 8 years, and it has changed markedly since those two events that nobody ever talks about.

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Jun 12, 2017

I don't think there's any American who would disagree with the fact that we need to drill down to this, know what happened, get it out in front of the American people, and do what we can to stop it.

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Jun 12, 2017

We should have substantially more work on it than doing it in the middle of the night like happened with Obamacare or we are going to wind up with the same mess.

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Jun 7, 2017

So again, so the American people can understand this, that report by the New York Times was not true.

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Jun 7, 2017

America needs more like you, and we really appreciate it.

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Jun 7, 2017

Those of us that work in the intelligence community, it didn't come as a surprise.

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Jun 6, 2017

I think you have cleared up substantially your direct testimony that you have never been pressured by anyone, including the President of the United States, to do something illegal, immoral, or anything else.

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May 24, 2017

I think all three of these nominees we have in front of us are highly qualified people, and I think the President should be commended for his choices in these areas.

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