Jim Risch

One of the most successful things the American forces have done is deploy leaflets in the villages near where some of his followers are.

Joseph Kony is a very bad individual by anybody's judgment.

President Obama deployed those people before the Joseph Kony video went on the Internet.

As far as how important the refining process is in all of this, I think Americans have a tendency to think about this as the price of a barrel of oil.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It is hard, when you look at the percentage and the degree to which they are enriching.

I do get briefings. I am on the Intelligence Committee.

I thank the Senator very much. Fellow Senators, I am going to speak briefly on this issue, and I thank those who have actually put this on the table for us to talk about. Every single American should watch the debate on this issue. This…

That will get you everywhere.

I didn't vote for the treaty, but the administration almost took me with the promises that it made.

What a reckless thing to do to take the world and make them believe something that isn't even necessarily true.

I believe you did act in good faith. But the comfort level needs to be raised, I can assure you.

I suppose that's not going to change until the Administration changes at some point in time.

I find that particularly discouraging as we look to the future.

First of all, one of the things people have to accept--and it does not happen around here--is we do not have an income problem. We have a spending problem. All the money in the world would not get us to where you are able to solve every…

I thank the Senator from Missouri. Like everyone, I have been perusing the numbers to try to figure out whether this gets us somewhere and whether it will actually come to fruition. A quick look at history. As the Senator points out, this…

I do not support ceding the power of Congress to determine what is in the public interest to the Executive Branch.

How can we make a judgment on this without having actual numbers of what the cutback is going to be?

They are not in compliance with the sanctions now. Did they give you any timeframe as to when they would comply with the sanctions?

The Kurds seem to be doing very well on their own. The construction that is going on there far outstrips what is being done in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq.

I appreciate that. I will have to say you are going to be challenged, I think, inasmuch as the size and the complexity of this operation confronts you.

I will take that for the record.

I do not think anyone can question your knowledge and understanding of what has happened in Iraq.

If you can't do that, then where are you going to go? Here's the county commissioner, which is the highest local authority that there is, and they say, 'Come on, bring it on,' and we won't do it, so.

If we can't figure out how we take care of our waste, how we take care of your garbage, how can we do anything as a government?