Jeff Flake: “I think this is a real test here. We all campaign every 2 years, and we put out campaign literature. We go speak at town…”

“I think this is a real test here. We all campaign every 2 years, and we put out campaign literature. We go speak at town halls and other events. And I would venture to guess that not one person in this body said, Reelect me because we need to spend more on Interior appropriations. We need to spend more. We need to spend 4 percent more than we did last year. I am going to go back to Washington and spend $1.2 billion more than we did last year. I venture that nobody said that. Virtually everybody said we need to rein in spending. We need to promote fiscal responsibility. I am the first to concede we didn't do a good job of it over here. For the past several years we have grown government far too big. That is part of the reason we are now in the minority. But the majority comes now and says, don't lecture us, we are going to increase that spending. This bill spends $1.2 billion more than last year. Last year spent too much. This year spends too much too much again. So, please, we know we did wrong. That is why we are in the minority. But when you are in the majority now, let's exercise some fiscal discipline.”