Dec 16, 2009
Senator Wyden and I are working on some legislation that is going to specifically address that.
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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Dec 14, 2009
We've been saying it should be done right rather than fast on this and many other subjects recently.
Dec 14, 2009
I encourage you to continue to look for opportunities to streamline the process.
Dec 14, 2009
You mentioned that you've jumped--and you gave us the chart here that goes from 20 containers a week up to 350 containers a week.
Dec 14, 2009
The--you mentioned Russia be allowing us to cross--and obviously you have it on the map here, where we are crossing Russia with these containers.
Dec 14, 2009
I'm looking, here, at the map, and I assume the green that's on here are the main routes that we're talking about.
Dec 14, 2009
What--how would you characterize the safety of the transportation across these routes?
Dec 14, 2009
Thank you for holding this hearing on this very important region of the world.
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