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.
I supported it. He did not. But he was quite upset during the new START Treaty debate.
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…
It is going to be a matter of political will to stand up against those and block them.
In Iraq, where we are partnering with the Iraqi Government to defeat ISIL, Iran is directing militias that have engaged in sectarian violence and cleansing, putting at risk the stability of Iraq.
The one thing that bothers me incredibly about this is the billions of dollars that Iran is going to get.
Look, the military option is still on the table. We are in no worse condition.
I do not know of a fool that would agree to an agreement that they cannot read.
I think that this deal has to include in it some assurance to the United States.
I know for a fact that my vote, in releasing the sanctions and releasing the cash, is going to result in the death of innocent human beings somewhere in the world.
We can do better as we demonstrated with Libya where we demanded and received anywhere/anytime access to all sites.





