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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 5, 2013

I think we've learned that this new approach of doing it from the State up seems to work a lot better and actually gets results.

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Jun 3, 2013

I think we're all coming together better on the fact that we can do better.

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Jun 3, 2013

I hope the Federal Government will be a good neighbor and will do as well as the State is on their grounds on stopping fires.

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Jun 3, 2013

I hope the agency will go forward in that respect.

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Jun 3, 2013

The Forest Service needs to step it up. If you step it up you'll get rid of the fuel.

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May 21, 2013

But that is true in most pursuits.

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May 21, 2013

How about one program with a very smart person heading that program? That is what we do in the private sector.

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May 21, 2013

This stuff is not rocket science. When I became governor, we had the same problem in Idaho. I built two nursing schools and paid the teachers more and all of the sudden the nursing shortage went away.

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May 21, 2013

This issue is not a new issue, and we are so glad to have somebody from Micron Technology here.

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May 21, 2013

We have realized that in Idaho a long time ago. We have between the State and our businesses in Idaho we have a strong, strong working partnership.

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