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 assume you do not share his enthusiasm for the despicable anti-Semitic movement called BDS--Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions?
the United States government has long opposed any constitutional changes designed to favor incumbent elected leaders or the extension of an incumbent's term in office.
I think it is incredibly important that we continue to have allies who maintain those same values.
We need to use these discussions to start advancing shared priorities and policies, including those raised in my recent report on transatlantic cooperation on China.
How do you square that statement with the text that you put out November 19th, 2018?
The administration's precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan has been a strategic unforced error.
As neighbors, Mexico and the United States share an enduring interest in maintaining robust security and economic cooperation.
Such behavior and any attempt to intimidate IAEA inspectors is unacceptable.
The Abraham Accords especially need to be embraced. They need to be enhanced. They need to be further moved forward.
Sadly, European leaders have grown louder in their calls for strategic autonomy.
I am deeply disappointed that the House of Representatives have attempted to pull the Iron Dome funding from the Continuing Resolution.
Personally, my top two foreign policy priorities are China and global health.
It will come probably as no surprise to many that the nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, the nominee is going to be a very difficult and a heavy lift for me to support.
I would lead PRM in promoting protection, providing lifesaving humanitarian aid, and seeking durable solutions through humanitarian diplomacy.
Our allies deserve better, especially after invoking Article 5 following the 9/11 attacks and fighting alongside our troops for more than 20 years.
The United States has two key priorities for our bilateral relations. The first is to promote the development of strong government institutions that advance accountability, democracy, and human rights.
A hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan threatens to squander our hard-fought gains there.
There is nothing more important than the strategic relationship between the United States of America and our European cousins.
I am concerned that the current administration's approach to these dilemmas appears to not strike the appropriate balance and runs the risk of ceding the region to other malevolent powers.
The nominee has made some deeply troubling public statements related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict including on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
I appreciate your commitment to work on getting that open as quickly as we can.
The nominee also told my staff, surprisingly, that she feels both the current and prior administrations' airstrikes against Iranian proxy targets were illegal.





