Jim Risch

This needs to be resolved. I don't know how to put this gently. But it's going to be resolved...

we all know that that happens with the White House regardless of what you want to do some person that's not really identified in the White House will call the shots.

I love the free enterprise system and the free market system. The only way it can operate is with certainty and clarity.

there is no question about it. You know, we've had war for 40 years over this and now both sides are realizing that if these things are going to get resolved, it's going to be through the collaborative process.

we really need to do the same thing with other things.

my colleague Senator Mike Crapo joins me today in recognizing Madison County's 100-year anniversary. Established on February 18, 1913, by the Idaho legislature and named after our Nation's fourth President, James Madison, Madison County…

I was glad to hear you acknowledge in your opening statement how important it is that we avoid leaks of any kind, because they are dangerous, they endanger the lives of Americans, and they can't be tolerated in the business that we're in.

I gather you still stand by the statement you made less than 24 hours that heavily armed militants assaulted our compound, and that you vowed to bring them to justice.

Notwithstanding that, the American people are still entitled to be told the truth about this.

We do not know that. But we do know there are reports from the United Nations and others that weapons have gotten from Libya into Algeria.

I rise today to recognize Congress for passing an important piece of legislation--the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law and Accountability Act incorporated into the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012. As a member of the Foreign…

Their first obligation ought to be to protect Americans that are serving in that embassy.

The rules of engagement really need review.

I feel really good when I see those marines standing there and they say, good morning, sir, when you walk in.

Every host country is going to have to be treated differently because our reputation in the world... has changed dramatically.

my colleague, Senator Mike Crapo, joins me in recognizing the opening this month of the Chobani Yogurt production facility in Twin Falls, ID. This facility, Chobani's first in Idaho, will be capable of producing 4.2 million cases of yogurt…

So, theoretically, anybody with a small business loan will receive compensation from their insurance company as opposed to having an issue with coming to the SBA for it and just asking----

I am assuming you would agree with me that that is critical, the amount of insurance that they have, when people are looking to the Federal Government to step in and fill a gap.

Coverage questions are frequent after an event. That is not unusual.

One would hope so. It seems to me, though, that--and I understand you want to keep this short and you want to keep it concise and easy to fill out, which is good. But to me, the most important thing after a disaster a person reaches for is…

Insurance companies can be somewhat difficult, at times, when it comes to claims time.

You mean you cannot cover stored inventory?

What part of that would be attributable to or within this committee's jurisdiction?

Unfortunately, Congress is not going to help small businesses in one regard, and that is we are going through a kabuki dance up here right now.

It would seem to me that that is a critical question.