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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.

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Jan 20, 2015

So the concern is that if Iran had the same kind of threshold capacity that Japan has, there would be fewer political constraints on them actually producing nuclear weapons.

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Jan 20, 2015

I come out against the agreement, but I feel it was a close call.

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Dec 12, 2014

I thank the Senator from Alaska for yielding, and I wish to thank her also for her hard work on this lands package. These are difficult pieces of legislation to put together. It is particularly living the West, when we have States such as…

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Dec 11, 2014

Fourteen years ago I entered the House of Representatives. I had been elected, but before I took office, I traveled to Washington, and Matt Salmon, the Congressman I was replacing, said: Is there anybody you want to meet? And I said: Tom…

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Dec 10, 2014

I rise today to discuss title 30 of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, the title of which has become referred to as the lands package. As with most of the items Congress considers, this provision has generated some…

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Dec 9, 2014

I was part of the Gang of Eight process here to write the Senate bill.

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Dec 9, 2014

I want to thank you for calling this hearing as well, and for your response on this issue early on and encouraging a more robust response from the United States.

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Dec 9, 2014

I appreciate the testimony, and I know it must be intimidating speaking with the President of Liberia literally looking over your shoulder here.

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Dec 9, 2014

We need reform desperately. We need people to come out of the shadows.

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Sep 16, 2014

I find it interesting, I heard one of my colleagues say that the purpose of these net neutrality rules is to maintain the Internet as it is.

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Sep 16, 2014

I hope that the administration will change its mind and ask firmly for an AUMF, and I hope Congress gives it.

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Sep 10, 2014

I rise to speak against the bill before us, S.J. Res. 19. This is a constitutional amendment that would significantly curtail the free speech rights of all Americans. I oppose this amendment because I believe that while it is critical to…

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