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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 15, 2013

What we draw up here, in our minds everything is neat and clean and orderly. But when the bureaucracy gets a hold of it, they start writing rules and regulations that we do not have any control over and it just becomes a nightmare for…

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May 15, 2013

First of all, you know, to me, my philosophy is that this problem should not be the employer's problem. This should be the employee's problem.

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May 15, 2013

You said, and that confirms what you said and that is that 80 percent of them do not even contact you to straighten it out, am I right on that, 80 percent of the kickbacks?

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May 15, 2013

This is not the primary jurisdiction of this Committee. It is the Judiciary and Rules Committee.

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May 15, 2013

No harm-no foul should be the law.

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May 15, 2013

Okay. With no liability to the company.

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May 15, 2013

If this thing kicks back and says that you are not qualified to work, as far as I am concerned, I think that is the end of it for the employer.

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May 15, 2013

Can employers say, I do not want to mess with this. You are fired?

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May 14, 2013

The longer we talk, the larger the stockpile they get of the materials they need to construct a weapon.

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May 14, 2013

I want to underscore for you that people really want to see this brought to an end.

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