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Jeff Flake: I thank the gentleman. We do not legislate by press release. Unfortunately, for those of us who are trying to bring some…

On the recordSeptember 28, 2006
I thank the gentleman. We do not legislate by press release. Unfortunately, for those of us who are trying to bring some accountability or transparency, sometimes the only way we can find out who requested an earmark or specific funding is to go to press releases because the agency won't tell us and the committees won't tell us.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing the challenges of transparency in earmark requests.

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