Political Quotes

Jeff Flake: This farm bill is bad for Americans. It will cost the average American family over $4,000 in terms of direct taxes and…

On the recordMay 2, 2002
This farm bill is bad for Americans. It will cost the average American family over $4,000 in terms of direct taxes and price supports, inflated prices because of price supports over the next 10 years. We are abandoning the Freedom to Farm Act, and in its place, putting in a Farm Security Act. We as Republicans should not be doing this. Democrats should not be doing it either. We ought to look past special interest politics and look at what is best for American families across the country.
Said by
Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Opposing the farm bill during a House floor debate.

Share

More from Jeff Flake

Nov 27, 2018

With the president tweeting on a regular, daily basis that the special counsel is conflicted, that he is leading so-called 12 angry Democrats and demeaning and ridiculing him in every way to be so sanguine about the chances of him being…

transcripts.cnn.com
Jul 26, 2021

There is no two-state solution in Cyprus. It needs to be a bizonal, bicommunal federation negotiated between the parties.

congress.gov
Jul 31, 2026

No doubt. No doubt. The president has particular, you know, sway over Republican voters, that subset of a subset that controls primaries.

npr.org
Jan 1, 2019

If you just dismiss all of that and just talk politics, at some point here soon, Republicans are going to have to decide whether or not they want to be tethered to the president politically.

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation