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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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Mar 9, 2016

That actually sounds like an excellent idea, but the question I have is could that be done by rule and regulation as opposed to legislation, or is the legislation going to have to be revisited?

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Mar 9, 2016

We do not move much faster up here.

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Mar 9, 2016

Is there any effort by the Uniform Code Commission to adopt something like the UCC or something like that that----

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Mar 3, 2016

on behalf of myself and Senator Rubio, from the great State of Florida, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from New Mexico.

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Mar 2, 2016

But in any event, Dr. Wehrey, do you have any comment on that?

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Mar 2, 2016

I guess I do not argue that that is what they believe. I think they believed that long before that initiative ever happened.

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Mar 2, 2016

Would you agree with me that in that part of the world, that is not unique to Libya or Qadhafi?

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Mar 2, 2016

the path forward was not sitting at the table and talking your differences out, but rather that military force is the way you accomplish what you are trying to do.

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Feb 29, 2016

If you do not fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.

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Feb 10, 2016

We think it is very important that Kyrgyzstan have the space to make its own decisions about its political autonomy, about its economic linkages, about the future of the country.

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Feb 10, 2016

Given the lack of moral turpitude of the people who are doing this in Syria, I would say that I am not very optimistic that some type of moral obligation would drive their decisionmaking.

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Feb 10, 2016

What can the United States do to promote a more vigorous democracy, not confined just to a single family?

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