Jim Risch

I think everyone was aghast. And the difficulty, here in America, is, is we do not really have a comprehension on what the rest of the world is like.

I think some modest step toward the State having more say in the management of these lands...

I would be remiss if I didn't thank both Mr. Ellis and Mr. Tidwell, who have been very active in Idaho.

I've often wondered why when we have these disasters and everyone wrings their hands at the time, there is no follow-through.

It isn't that our land is better than the forest service land.

I commend Senator Risch for his work, and the Idaho example in seeking ways to protect roadless areas and their values while also protecting wildland-urban communities from the effects of wildfire.

It is time that we move away from fundamental need to educate our children with revenues from timber harvest of public forests.

I do not support what has been done. I think this thing is a disaster.

The optics of this are such that the rest of the world says, 'It is back to business as usual.'

This is absolutely outrageous, for everything we have given to the Iranians, and them still to hold this.

Somebody needs to look these people in the eye and tell them they are not getting another penny.

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If we do not do it, there are other players in this sandbox, as we know, and they are very aggressive.

I think the American public really does not have an understanding of how important this threat is.

I couldn't agree with you more, except I think that that is a real understatement of what the situation is out there.

I want to compliment you for how you put together your statement here in putting cybersecurity at the top.

But, inasmuch as you have put this at the top of your priorities, what I would urge you to do is review our priorities of spending and look at these particular operations at the Idaho National Laboratory.

It's impossible to sit here and convey to you what this family is going through.

There's absolutely no reason why the United States of America should be reliant on other countries to provide this.

I'm proud to be a co-sponsor with many other people.

I'm glad to hear that you've done that much work already I mean that--and that--obviously that's a foundational point that's very critical if we're going to answer these questions so thank you for that.

We need to continue that.

the Chinese Government with their propensity to subsidize businesses that are supposed to be competing in the open market

The Saudis really, really do not want the Iranians to have a nuclear weapon. They agree with us on that objective.