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Jeff Flake: “I like sunsets, everybody in Arizona likes sunsets; but if we truly believe that this is really going to be sunsetted…”

On the recordMay 4, 2006
I like sunsets, everybody in Arizona likes sunsets; but if we truly believe that this is really going to be sunsetted, then we are kidding ourselves, and if we spend $400 million on a grant program that the President even says that we do not need here, then the sun has set on fiscal responsibility. Madam Chairman, I yield back.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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