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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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May 21, 2013

You know, I just found a way to employ another almost 100,000 people.

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May 21, 2013

the states know how to spend this money better than the Federal Government does.

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May 21, 2013

The problem was exactly the same way. When I became governor, we had 800 empty positions for nurses; and the people who were in our nursing schools were exactly the kind of people we were trying to help.

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May 21, 2013

The complaint I get most of all at home is the strings that the Federal Government attaches whenever money comes.

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May 21, 2013

You know, on a short-term basis, what she is talking about is really, really critical to this country.

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May 15, 2013

My experience over many, many years is I have very, very little confidence in the Federal Government to do just about anything.

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May 15, 2013

this is the one shot we have got because when this bill was drafted, my experience, I did almost 30 years in our State senate, and as with every law, what you just talked about the law of unintended consequences comes back and bites us…

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May 15, 2013

And a passport would cure all ills.

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May 15, 2013

The 'why' is real important. Why is it not working?

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May 15, 2013

the language of the bill needs to be specific. It needs to tell these agencies what they can and, more importantly, what they cannot do.

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May 15, 2013

When this thing is enacted, I absolutely guarantee you there is going to be problems with it;

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