Jim Risch

It is interesting. Does that include the time of the year also?

I am deeply disappointed to see that the President's budget does not allocate a single penny to addressing this multi-State emergency.

S. 2798 is a simple, common sense bill that could be easily implemented by land management agencies.

My bottom line, Mr. Chairman, is that there should be a reexamination of the entire alliance.

U.S. policy toward Japan should not be dictated solely by the needs of U.S. Marine Corps, however legitimate they may be.

I would urge that a new 'Wise Man's Commission' be set up--similar to those that have played an important role in past years.

I am also recommending that President Obama, during his November visit to Japan, should go to Hiroshima and use the symbolism of that place to declare his vision of a nuclear-free world.

Today I congratulate and acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city of Middleton, ID. On April 10, 2010, the citizens of Middleton will gather at Roadside Park to commemorate the 100th year of its founding. This is a…

Thank you, Mr. President. Fellow Senators, I cannot imagine anyone wanting to vote against this amendment. Let me tell you what we have here. It is very simple. Apparently, you made an error when you drafted the original bill because what…

I completely agree with the distinguished senior Senator from Idaho, and I associate myself with his statements fully. Senator Crapo and I want to confirm with the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee that section…

Allocation decisions and recommendations on all water resources projects and their management should be a state decision.

This oversight hearing provides us an opportunity to examine what the US Bureau of Reclamation is currently undertaking to ensure we have access to a reliable, safe and secure water supply, while maintaining and preserving the natural…

I want to thank TU for your work in Idaho. I am quite familiar with it, and the description you had in your testimony about working from the bottom up, as opposed to the top down, is one that the U.S. Government could take an example from.

I appreciate the attempt to find some common ground, but I am telling you, it is a whole different deal.

But Ms. Kassen would affirm that when you are talking about 1 CFS up in the Upper Salmon stretches or the Little Lost or the Big Lost, that is a critical piece of habitat for fish.

I was a little bit surprised that the average saving... was as low as it was on a residence.

It is really unfortunate more of our colleagues couldn't be here.

The problem you just described, is that--I hate to use the word 'fault,' but is that the consequences of what we're doing or not doing or the consequences of what the individual countries are doing or not doing?

Very simply, what this bill does, it allows--it permits, but does not require, but does permit the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permits...

I think both sides have matured, and I think both sides have realized if, indeed, a side is not particularly interested in just fundraising or just philosophical argument, I think that both sides have realized the way this stuff is going…

I am honored you would say that, and thank you for holding this hearing.

I am not aware of any opposition to this bill.

I think there have been some legitimate comments here to help further hone the bill.

I think the chairman would agree with me that there is a, putting it kindly, modest lack of knowledge of the forest industry and how forests and landscapes work and grow.

I took it on, and I did it in a collaborative fashion.