Jeff Flake

This is a lifetime appointment, and this is said to be a deliberative body. In the interest of due diligence and fairness, her claims must be fully aired and considered.

I certainly do not think it is in our interest to bring the element of politics any closer to the judiciary.

Decisions that the Federal Government makes... has an outsized impact on a State like Arizona.

Those of us in the West are very concerned about issues like this.

What limits are there, if any, that would prevent a President from centralizing the Executive power and using it for his own political or personal purposes?

I believe that if you are confirmed to the Supreme Court--I do not believe that you would erode judicial independence or otherwise disrupt the separation of powers between the three branches.

I worry that the President, the head of our executive branch, may be using Executive power to advance personal political interests.

I again appreciate your willingness to put yourself through this process, and I look forward to the hearing moving ahead in the next week.

Jeff Sessions has resisted pressure from the President to punish his enemies and relieve pressure on his friends.

I have that concern as well. If you just look at what was said just yesterday by the President, I think it is very concerning.

Again, we are going back to temperament and character.

Judge Kavanaugh has been a devoted coach and a mentor to their daughters.

Congratulations, Judge Kavanaugh, and congratulations to your family as well.

I grew up in Northern Arizona. We had a family ranch. We dealt with the checkerboard pattern quite a bit.

We all know that federal land managers and state land managers often have conflicting priorities, and we feel that this bill is a win-win for everybody.

I do not think it is a good thing to meet in private with only an interpreter present with no readout.

I think that it is good that our President and the Russian president speak and meet together.

I wanted to commend the State Department, you in particular, for quick statements with regard to the nature of the conversation, as it was between President Putin and President Trump.

I cannot believe that, with a straight face, the administration tries to claim and tries to say--simply ignore what we know about the economy and the effect of these kind of tariffs.

I think it is important that we show what American private enterprise and investment can bring.

It has been my experience in these countries that they would prefer to do business with us, and they would prefer to have a closer relationship if possible.

We are having a transition in Zimbabwe right now.

This hearing of the Subcommittee on Water and Power will come to order.

If you want to win a Republican primary, you can't deviate much from the script. It's the president's script.

Well, I think that that is completely unfair and it's not good to sully our institutions like that without proof. And having a briefing that includes only Republicans is no way to have transparency. If you're going to have transparency…