If we can lower their taxes, if we can lower the regulatory structure, if we can keep the government out of their shops...
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 want to see that this robust market is protected and that people have the freedom to start and be successful in businesses...
I love the free enterprise system and the free market system. The only way it can operate is with certainty and clarity.
there is no question about it. You know, we've had war for 40 years over this and now both sides are realizing that if these things are going to get resolved, it's going to be through the collaborative process.
This needs to be resolved. I don't know how to put this gently. But it's going to be resolved...
we all know that that happens with the White House regardless of what you want to do some person that's not really identified in the White House will call the shots.
my colleague Senator Mike Crapo joins me today in recognizing Madison County's 100-year anniversary. Established on February 18, 1913, by the Idaho legislature and named after our Nation's fourth President, James Madison, Madison County…
I was glad to hear you acknowledge in your opening statement how important it is that we avoid leaks of any kind, because they are dangerous, they endanger the lives of Americans, and they can't be tolerated in the business that we're in.
We do not know that. But we do know there are reports from the United Nations and others that weapons have gotten from Libya into Algeria.





