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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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Jan 20, 2015

I identify what I call five fatal flaws of the nuclear agreement with Iran: ineffective verification that will not detect or deter cheating at suspect sites such as at military facilities that Iran's Supreme Leader has declared to be off…

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Jan 20, 2015

Congress should vote on the agreement and reject it if you decide that it is a bad agreement.

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Jan 20, 2015

We need to continue to do the right thing, and this regime in Iran is going to continue to do the wrong thing.

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Jan 20, 2015

I want to get to your level of confidence. Tell me how you are confident of that.

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Jan 20, 2015

I do not see how there can be a deal, without access to sites that are suspicious anywhere and promptly.

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Jan 20, 2015

The thing that I am most worried about is that we will wind up looking like we keep on making compromises and, therefore, we are seen as either weak.

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Jan 20, 2015

This was a really, really bad deal when it was made. It is a much worse deal today.

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Jan 20, 2015

I think if Congress makes very clear that its support for the agreement is conditional on a robust American commitment to the region.

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Jan 20, 2015

the importance of the U.S. people and the U.S. Congress saying that.

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Jan 20, 2015

I am not satisfied to have an Iranian tell me that that is all that it refers to.

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Jan 20, 2015

The costs and risks of accepting this bad agreement far outweigh the alternative of going back to the negotiating table.

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