It's not appropriate, it really isn't, how DOJ responds will tell if we're in a crisis or not.
Jeff Flake
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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.
I don't understand it, why you just don't apologize and move on. That would be easier to do.
Will you commit to ensure that we have an Ambassador on the ground--and a lot of that depends on us...
Is there some concern that exiting the Iran agreement might play poorly with regard to a possible agreement with the North Koreans?
I am happy that the President is talking, that discussions at the highest level are had.
I think that we ought to think long and hard about giving Iran now the ability, if we exit the agreement, to continue on, on the nuclear side.
I think it would have been a better agreement, and something that I could have supported.
In the end, I voted against the agreement. I applauded the last President for negotiations.
There are obviously limits of, you know, native speakers that you can hire or of people that have eyes on the page.
Is it concerning to you? ... that we have not, one year into this administration or beyond a year, named an Assistant Secretary for Africa?
You mentioned that 99 percent of revenue goes straight to salaries for civil servants.
For Somalia and the surrounding region, U.S. interests abroad, the stakes are simply too high to let the country backslide.
Senator Booker and I are holding this hearing to demonstrate the interest of the United States in helping Somalia to turn that page.
Somalia is often used as an example of a failed state, but the reestablishment of a federal government and subsequent elections have created hope for a change there in Somalia.
In Arizona, we have seen firsthand the value of resolving Indian water settlements or disputes through settlements.
I look forward to hearing testimony on these bills and will turn to Senator Cortez Masto.
This hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power will come to order.
Mr. President, words matter. Have we arrived at such a place of numb acceptance that we have nothing to say when a President of the United States casually suggest that those who choose no the to stand or applaud his speech are guilty of…
I would not like to see the scenario in which, in order to deal with this time limit, we end up having a text that is not what we, the three countries, need and want.
What is not to like? I think we can all agree that this has been a tremendous success to all of us.
Every day, Mexican shoppers come across the border and spend about $8 million in Arizona.
I thank the Senator for yielding. On the 5th, as I understand it, the DACA Program will no longer apply. Those who have already registered, that registration will continue until it runs out. There are some now--I think the figure is some…





