“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

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 10, 2015

Each of us that signed that is an elected Member of the United States Senate, and as such is a member of the first branch of this government.

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Mar 10, 2015

If we do not get a good agreement, there should be no agreement.

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Mar 10, 2015

This is a treaty that is being negotiated.

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Feb 25, 2015

Chief Tidwell, thanks so much for your service. We really appreciate it.

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Feb 23, 2015

I really appreciate the fact that you understand that you have got two agencies that we really need to bring together.

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Feb 23, 2015

I was shocked to learn when I came here that Congress overrules the laws of nature, and that falling water is not a renewable resource.

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Feb 11, 2015

No one wants to spend money on it, but because of the world the way it is today, we have to.

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Feb 11, 2015

It is important to all of us, and I think everybody is working in good faith to try to get this done.

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Feb 11, 2015

I think we should all be pulling a wagon in the same direction on that.

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Feb 5, 2015

I rise today also in support of the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015. I am honored to be here today with Senator Murkowski. Idahoans and Alaskans have a lot in common when it comes to outdoor sporting activities, including hunting and…

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Jan 20, 2015

In Syria, Iran is sending Shia militia to defend a dictator guilty of crimes against humanity in his violent suppression of millions of innocent Syrians.

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Jan 20, 2015

I do not want to help these people. Until they change their ways, I have no interest whatsoever in helping these people.

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