Jim Risch

Senator Lee has withdrawn the sale of public lands provision. The people of Idaho have been clear—we do NOT support the sale of our public lands to the highest bidder. I am proud to help lead the effort to remove this provision from the…

This was a precise, limited strike, which was necessary and by all accounts was very successful.

First and foremost, this is not our war. This is Iran’s war.

Change is not easy, but President Trump and Secretary Rubio have proposed a vision to remake the State Department for this century and the fights that we face today, as well as those that lie ahead of us.

I think it is incumbent upon us as we go forward to do that, and I commit to you that we will continue to pursue that.

I do think we need a closer relationship between the intent of Congress and the implementation of our laws.

I look forward to working with you and Senator Shaheen and Senator Kaine and everybody else here to come up with new legislation to hold the executive branch's feet to the fire.

The enforcement of those sanctions, the pursuit of those sanctions are incredibly important, and I do not think we are doing nearly as good a job pursuing as we are putting them on.

For whatever reason the second branch of government is reluctant to anger other countries or look at the wrath of other countries, and that is just flat wrong.

What is happening there today, as we speak, on the ground is unacceptable what the current authorities are doing against the people of Georgia.

I am proud of the work we did together to permanently authorize the Global Magnitsky authority.

The beauty of the Constitution of the United States is that the legislative branch is a co-equal branch of government to the executive branch, and you can actually do stuff.

When I did REPO, which you referred to, my biggest enemy was not Democrats. My biggest enemy was the Administration.

The tragic situations there cry out for us using every tool in our diplomatic toolbox to help deal with the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Democracy is a whole lot better than authoritarianism.

The United States has been a partner of Georgia for 30 years now, supporting its democracy, its self-determination, its security.

Those elections were about as straight up as I have ever seen.

The tool of choice for authoritarians these days is anti-nongovernmental organization laws, also referred to as foreign agent laws.

Autocrats fear the loss of control, and this ensures opposing ideas are neither seen nor heard.

This is a bipartisan issue, and it is an American issue and something we all need to work on together.

Boy, I will tell you, that is a heavy lift sometimes.

This is a huge bipartisan victory, really, for Congress, and I think probably most Americans do not have a full appreciation of how important the Pacific Region is as far as our competition with China is concerned.

Look, Congress recently passed legislation on a bipartisan basis to sanction China for the oil purchases.

I think the problem is there is some people making the same mistake right now with China, thinking that they are is something that they are not.

It is time for our Government to wake up to the real challenges China presents and start taking concrete action.