risch joins ernst, romney, colleagues in calling for biden, nato allies to expedite aircraft and defense systems to ukraine committee ranking member u.s. senator james risch of idaho contacts: suzanne wrasse for immediate release march 10, 2022 risch joins ernst, romney, colleagues in calling for biden, nato allies to expedite aircraft and defense systems to ukraine in a letter to president biden, 42 republican senators write, "…we strongly disagree with the defense department's decision to delay and deny poland the option to transfer fighter jets to ukraine." washington - following the defense department's decision to reject poland's plans to provide mig-29 fighter jets to ukraine, u.s. senator jim risch (r-idaho), ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, joined u.s. senators joni ernst (r-iowa), mitt romney (r-utah), and 39 colleagues in calling on president biden to work with poland and our nato allies to expedite the transfer of aircraft and air defense systems, as well as additional support capabilities, to ukraine. 