Jim Risch

I think saying that I'm deeply disappointed is an understatement, and I think that's true for the American people.

I was really looking forward to the report, being from Idaho. We're very anxious to have a permanent repository identified.

If we do not address these issues now and create the environment in which entrepreneurship can flourish, surpassed and unfortunately perhaps in more environments that help startups will be created elsewhere rather than in the United States.

I believe that my generation has been irresponsible in setting the stage for the financial condition our country is in.

today I join with Idaho's senior Senator Mike Crapo to recognize and pay tribute to the exceptional dedication of Marty Peterson, who is retiring after 51 years of public service in our great State. For nearly 20 years, Marty has served as…

First of all, let me say I think there has been an adequate compromise that has been reached, and we are to have a side- by-side to vote on which will give everybody the opportunity to express themselves. Let me say that every single one…

the goals and objectives of the executive branch are exactly the same as the goals and objectives of the legislative branch.

we got a real problem in what I would call an enthusiasm gap or an urgency gap.

this amendment is going to pass. And it is not going to pass by a close vote; it is going to pass by a very large vote.

this issue ranks right up at the top. The United States cannot be wrong on this.

I do not think you are going to get there.

I rise to recognize a great loss suffered by the people of Idaho and the Takasugi family in particular. Last week, Idaho State Representative Pat Takasugi passed away after a 3- year battle with cancer. During that fight he was fortunate…

this is really, really simple. You come up here with a bill, and you say, This is what we want to do.

It is ultra vires. It raises serious separation-of-powers issues.

we really, really believe that the legislative branch is in charge of legislating and that you guys are in charge of executing what the legislative branch legislates.

this country has gotten to the point where the constitutional provision, which is a foundation of this country, that establishes 3 branches of government has just been totally ignored by the bureaucracy.

the line of who is legislating here has just gone out the window.

We need to all buckle up and get ready for the long haul here.

I think it is in the interest of every American and, indeed, the interest of the civilized world to isolate this regime as much as possible.

We, as the United States, need a policy that is very clear that we will do everything we can to cut off the sources of Assad's finances and also the flow of weapons and to do everything we can to isolate this regime.

I rise today to recognize the valor and accomplishments of the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. The 389th--better known as the T-Bolts--is part of the 366th Fighter Wing based at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. At Mountain…

no good cause for women happens without the good men

Tawakul Karman, chairwoman of the Women Journalists Without Chains, mother of three, and now a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, led protests across Yemen.

unless women are part of the political process, unless they are fully engaged in the economics of their country, the countries are not going to be better off.

The United States will also benefit, as we have already heard our early witnesses talk about.