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Jim Risch: “There is no authority for you, for that matter, for the…”

Featuring: Jim Risch, Republican | U.S. Senate Idaho

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Senator Risch Questions BLM Nominee Stevan Pearce

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

Do you agree with me on that? I do, Senator. And we had a good discussion along the lines that Senator Lee just underscored, and that is that There is no authority for you, for that matter, for the president to sell off public lands. You agree with that? I agree with that, Senator. And as I explained to you, this is a 98% issue in Idaho. (00:42–00:51)

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Asserts that neither the appointee nor the president has the authority to sell public lands.

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