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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.
That is correct. Many of the organizations that have sounded alarm bells here are organizations such as the ACLU, the Sierra Club, and others, social welfare organizations that advocate for policy as well, that are concerned that this goes…
That is. In fact, to give some kind of scale here, the Keystone Pipeline, which has been extremely controversial for months and months, has generated about 7,000 comments--7,000 comments for an issue such as that. This has generated north…
If I could, I want to respond to a few of the Senator's items. The Senator is correct, it falls under the Finance Committee's jurisdiction. That is part of the reason why I bring this forward. The Finance Committee is undergoing an…
I have to run to another meeting, but I just want to say in general, in this industry and elsewhere, we have benefited where the government treads as lightly as possible and lets the private sector innovate as long as there is competition.
I rise today to talk for a short period of time about the magnitude of our budget, debt, and deficit. Against the backdrop of a debt ceiling increase, Members of both parties are going to today, likely, repeal one of the deficit reduction…
I thank the Senator from Texas and my other colleagues who have participated in this colloquy. I hope we can speedily bring the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act to the floor. When the Senator from Texas talks about his…
I rise today to bring attention to the latest installment concerning political targeting by the IRS. Last spring we learned of the IRS's targeting of conservative groups that were applying for 401(c)(4) tax exempt status, thanks to a…
I thank the Senator from Kansas. I yield to the Senator from Utah, the ranking minority member on the Finance Committee.
I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. IRS Political Targeting
I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Utah and his recitation of the chronology and how this happened. These regulations are supposedly in response to the scandal that came up, although the President is not calling it a scandal. He…
There's no question that we have to be able to demonstrate that this is the right way to go forward.
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