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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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Jul 29, 2020

for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

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Jun 16, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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Jun 4, 2020

and fellow Senators, we are about to do the final vote on Michael Pack. This man is uniquely qualified to hold this position. He has done an outstanding job. Everyone should look at the most recent documentary he did on the Supreme Court…

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Jun 4, 2020

I would like 3 minutes to close the debate on Michael Pack. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Jun 3, 2020

Thank you. I appreciate these comments. There is nothing that the Senator just stated that I disagree with. One point, in passing, and I say this in the spirit of trying to get to the objective that I laid out, and that is, it is my intent…

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Jun 3, 2020

reserving the right to object. First of all, let me commend my good friend from Illinois for bringing this. I know he is frustrated, as all of us are, with what has happened with this pandemic that came out of China and swept the world and…

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Jun 3, 2020

reserving the right to object, what you are seeing here today is a pure, unadulterated exercise in politics-- politics that are steeped with the difference of political philosophy between the two parties. With relation to the complaint…

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May 19, 2020

Not yet. I want to yield to Senator Braun. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana. ____________________

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May 19, 2020

reserving the right to object, let me state the resolution referred to by my friend from Illinois is comfortably residing in the Foreign Relations Committee at the present time and is subject to the regular order of Congress and of the…

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May 11, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 11, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 11, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 4, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 4, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

govinfo.gov
May 4, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 4, 2020

section 36 (b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 4, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 4, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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May 4, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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Mar 23, 2020

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in a quorum call. Is there an objection to removing the quorum call?

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Mar 23, 2020

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The assistant Democratic leader has the floor.

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Mar 23, 2020

isn't it a fact, when the Senator was up here talking and demanding that we pass that bill, that the bill wasn't here? I have spent 40 years in the Senate, and I have never been able to convince a Parliamentarian that we should vote on a…

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Mar 16, 2020

I have a parliamentary inquiry. Has the bill bent sent by Speaker Pelosi to the Senate yet? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair is unaware that the bill has arrived.

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Mar 16, 2020

I am told that Speaker Pelosi has not sent a bill to the Senate yet. Is that your understanding?

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Mar 4, 2020

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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