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      <excerpt>...Republic, but he was not present during questioning Tuesday and Wednesday, said Brad Hoaglund, spokesman for Republican Sen. Jim Risch, whose office is handling communications for Idaho's congressional delegation during this crisis. They do have a Haiti</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in the Senate from 1981 to 2000, most significantly as co-chairman of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, who worked with Parry in the statehouse, said Parry will be greatly missed. He described Parry as a &quot;a down-to-earth g</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> He doesn&amp;#39;t&#8221;/Jim Risch re: Obama&amp;#39;s State of the Union. Question: Surprised that US Sen. Jim Risch or most Republicans didn&amp;#39;t like President Obama&amp;#39;s State of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Simpson said. &quot;I think that's what the American people would like to hear. It's what I'd like to hear.&quot; Republican Sen. Jim Risch reiterated that point: &quot;The issue in this country from the time he took office until now is jobs, jobs, jobs,&quot; Risch said. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>From Senator Jim Risch&amp;#39;s spokesman Kyle Hines: &#8220;Senator Risch &#8230;agrees more needs to be done to diagnose and treat post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury in our active duty, reserves and veterans. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Jon Kyl Rep. Phil Gingrey Rep. Nathan Deal Rep. John Linder Rep. Kay Granger Rep. John L. Mica Rep. Walter B. Jones Sen. Jim Risch Rep. Ed Whitfield Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Rep. Virginia Foxx Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The other Idaho signatories are state Sen. Monty Pearce, R-New Plymouth, state Reps. Lenore Barrett, R-Challis, and Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot. &#8220;The one thing elected officials should be able to agree on is that global warming ... Mike Crapo  and Jim Risch</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, played the Massachusetts and the nuclear power cards. &#8220;Last month the voters in the most liberal state clearly demonstrated they are tired of the borrow-and-spend policies coming out of Washington. ...</excerpt>
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