I have said for years that we Republicans and Democrats--the executive and legislative branch--have to work together if we are going to confront what China is doing.
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.
Nobody--they may be big, but they are not too big to fail in that regard and we really need to ratchet the sanctions up there.
Unfortunately, the Biden administration has so far not made clear a concrete policy for how the United States will directly confront Russia as a strategic adversary.
We have been asking for this for 6 months. Had you started 6 months ago they would be all ready for the spring offensive.
I am disappointed that the Administration has not met its statutory deadline to make a determination with respect to Magnitsky sanctions in response to the arrest of Vladimir Kara-Murza.
I hope to hear from you how the United States is planning to do more and faster to help defeat Russia in Ukraine and counter Russian aggression and malign influence around the world.
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They deserve to live in peace. They deserve freedom and security, and that means ensuring that a peace deal does not lead to ethnic cleansing for the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Our policy towards the region must look to fill that leadership void and help the Caucasian nations achieve lasting peace by building strong democracies, societies, and economies.
The emerging instability in Europe and Eurasia has made clear the need for a strong U.S. policy for the Caucasus.
The United States must remain engaged to support the democratic development of Georgia during this tenuous period.
We wrote a Roadless Rule that survived the test in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, believe it or not, and is the law today applicable in Idaho.
It is rare to have industry, conservation, and recreation groups rally around a singular, uniting issue the way they have with this legislation.
I am honored to partner with Senator Heinrich sponsoring Senate Bill 3571, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Hardrock Mines Act.
We owe it to our western communities and to all Americans who hold dear our vast public lands to empower and encourage them to do what is allowed under this bill.
We should be working to confiscate those funds and use Russia's own money to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine.
If we get this wrong, we risk not only billions of dollars in U.S. and allied economic hardships.
Arguably, what you are doing is more important than what is happening on the battlefield.
Putin obviously gets very little advice from anywhere. He treats the world like they are fools.





