Jim Risch

This Government is going to borrow 41 cents out of every dollar it spends this year.

And perhaps when you are there, in order to diminish the fear of the motives and what have you, if they have a clearer understanding of the sacrifice this is.

I come here today on behalf of myself and my colleague, Senator Crapo, from Idaho to introduce the State Wolf Management Act. This act as drawn is aimed at some particular issues we have in Idaho with the management of wolves, and that…

I rise today to acknowledge the centennial of the town of Springfield in my home State of Idaho. On September 13, 1910, the County Commission of Bingham County approved a plat plan for the town-site of Springfield. It was an ambitious…

The intelligence community is lacking effective oversight.

I have concerns about whether you will be able to do what Director Blair could not.

The next DNI must have the political clout, the willpower to ensure that our intelligence agencies are able to get their vital work done without being micromanaged by the Department of Justice or the National Security Council.

Achieving this will require leadership and action on our part.

Unfortunately, we are no longer leading efforts to open global markets.

The only problem with that, Mr. Burns, and I agree with you 100 percent, the only problem with that is, we're in the same position we were a year ago.

the Israelis are not going to allow Iran to continue down this road.

Ahmadinejad mocks the attempts by us, he demeans them, and if the objective--which I guess it is--is to stop them from enriching, it has had, seemingly, the exact opposite effect.

My problem is that when people express this great concern and hand-wringing that Iran seems to have, they don't do anything about it.

I think it's important that we speak with a very strong voice, and you can always point to the independence of Congress as you try to negotiate with our friends around the globe.

I cannot support protection at the cost of access, sacrificing recreational or hunting opportunities or impacting state endowment lands.

As they often say, politics is the art of the possible.

CIEDRA will provide little, if any, additional protection for these special areas, their character and the landscape.

I still believe a better alternative exists to protect the proposed areas, create economic development and recreational opportunities in the region.

I believe that you worked in good faith on it.

Together we have worked on collaborative conservation measures before including the Idaho Roadless Rule.

You know in Idaho we have the largest block, I believe, of wilderness in the continental United States of contiguous wilderness area.

Those three are three areas that, in the Roadless rule, when you and I worked on that that we designated for what is essentially wilderness designation.

It was done through a process that's very much different than the way we do these things today.

Let there be no mistake about it, Congressman Simpson is the person who has done--has put in all the hours on this.

From an absolute legal standpoint you're absolutely correct. From a practical standpoint you and I both know that before they overturn the rule that we worked on it's going to be over our collective dead bodies.