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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 19, 2009

If you do publish this and say, look, this is what these bad guys did, and then don't do anything about it, it doesn't--it's not the kind of thing that helps in the future.

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May 19, 2009

Is it the result of ethnic prejudice or that sort of thing? What's the source of that?

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May 18, 2009

It would be unfair to punish that region of the country for carrying out the national policy of the 1970s.

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May 18, 2009

I believe we need much broader agreement on how we structure our response and what sacrifices will have to be made by the American people.

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May 18, 2009

I think there's enough science that says we need to act.

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May 18, 2009

We need to do that in a smart way with advanced technologies.

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May 18, 2009

I hope--some of Senator Lugar's questions, I hope, have been answered, and we look forward to continuing this dialogue.

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May 18, 2009

Public support will be strongest for emissions-cutting measures that are seen as contributing to additional U.S. economic or national security priorities.

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May 18, 2009

I've called on the Obama administration, both in private and in public, to vastly improve and broaden its education campaign on climate change.

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May 18, 2009

The world’s going to go from 6½ billion people to 9 billion people.

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May 18, 2009

The State or the country that's the most energy efficient in the world are going to be the ones that have the highest probability of raising GDP per capita.

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May 13, 2009

The fortitude I saw in Israel on that position was very, very strong, and I wish you luck in that regard.

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