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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 rise to address the nomination and some other issues. I want to say a few words about nominations. The Senate just confirmed President Obama's third nominee to the DC Circuit this year, and did so without the support of a single Senator…
I just think we have spent a lot of money there, obviously--$683 billion, total, in Afghanistan, and in military and economic aid.
it is interesting in terms of the money being used where it should not be. I gave the example last week, and I am coming down every week and speaking at least 5 minutes on waste and duplication in government. I talked a couple of weeks ago…
we are now at the halfway point in the countdown to the next budget deadline. By December 13 the budget conference committee has to report its plan for the remainder of this fiscal year 2014 and beyond. We are already 2\1/2\ months into…
The Senator mentioned the problem we have of the Defense Department running schools which ought to be run by local school districts. It goes even beyond that. Just in the past couple of years we have absorbed into the defense budget a…
I believe they are, which is why I cosponsored this legislation with Senator McCain.
We ought to be proactive wherever we can for wildfire prevention, and so I appreciate the efforts in this legislation introduced by Senator Lee here.
Like I said, we just want to make sure that we're not treating this legislation differently than we've treated other legislation or land-conveyance issues.
It's something that we're all concerned about and we want to make sure that there are sufficient consultations.
As my colleagues have said, I think all of us have heard from hundreds of our constituents in the past week who have had their insurance policies canceled or their insurance policies have been made unaffordable by the Affordable Care Act…
I look forward to more transparency, whether in this legislation or some version of it or in some other way to make sure that people are confident that their public officials have transparency in mind and the best interests of the public…
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