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Jeff Flake is a former U.S. Senator from Arizona, serving from 2013 to 2019 as a member of the Republican Party. He is known for his advocacy of free trade, fiscal conservatism, and a more restrained foreign policy. Flake has been a vocal critic of partisan politics and has often emphasized the importance of civility in political discourse. During his tenure, he focused on issues such as immigration reform and government accountability.
This amendment would simply include sense of Congress language in the bill that would express that Congress supports extending the current deployment of National Guard troops on the border through the rest of the fiscal year. As many are…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following: SEC. 1085. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEPLOYMENT…
May I inquire as to the time remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 3 minutes remaining.
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I would just like to engage in a colloquy briefly if we can. As the gentleman knows, I have worked and he has worked to decrease funding for the NDIC, the National Drug Intelligence Center. This is a…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I won't take 2 minutes. I've been listening to part of the discussion here, and it just strikes me that when you see graphics with an oil rig sucking money out of Social Security or Medicare or whatever…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of the RSC budget. With a deficit of $1.6 trillion, a debt of $14 trillion, it's no surprise that we've got to do something. We have to do something dramatic. This budget actually…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. These are serious times that we're in right now with regard to the debt and deficit. Serious times call for a serious budget, and this is a serious budget. This is one that can actually lead us out of…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is a fascinating discussion we are having here. The gentleman who spoke a while ago said, because this is a lottery and because not every one of the children who wants in this program can get in the…
I would question in a time of budget austerity that maybe we have authorized that program.
In my view, we ought to roll out the red carpet for anybody with a Ph.D. in those fields to stay here and work.
I thank the gentlelady for yielding. The gentleman before said, in the base bill, these represent the largest cuts we've ever made. That is true, but we are running the largest deficit we have ever run. We have had the largest debt we have…
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