Jeff Flake: “In January when we passed transparency rules on earmarks, I was the first one to compliment the majority on what they…”

“In January when we passed transparency rules on earmarks, I was the first one to compliment the majority on what they had done. We put some decent rules into play. But rules are only as good as your willingness to enforce them. And we have seen a pattern over the past several months culminating in this kind of thing, breaking the rules so we can bring a bill to the floor with 21 air-dropped earmarks into it where we are simply not following our own rules. This institution deserves better than this. I plead with my colleagues to vote to stop this bill from moving forward until we can actually see what's in it.”