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.
Either you get Iran to stop jamming programming from outside the country, or they lose the opportunity to channel their own programming into the country.
I think everybody here supported that. And I understand that, when you're enforcing sanctions, there's a spectrum...
the sanctions are nothing more than talk, which is aggravating, since at the time we put them in place, the Iranians told us, 'So, what? We're going to continue to do business as usual.'
I do not think that is a really good answer for the Pakistani people. I know it would not be here in this country.
I have to say that I fully expected to pick up the paper and see the fires and the burnings and the protests and what have you the next day, and it did not happen.
I have to tell you that my feeling is the American people are not stupid and they are not too red hot about doling out money to people who, No. 1, do not want it and are not particularly appreciative of it.
I think that all three of you have made reference to the fact that the incursions by the United States into Pakistani sovereign territory enrages the Pakistani people.





