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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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May 6, 2013

Thank you. Now I can stage a coup. Chairman Coons is finally gone here.

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May 6, 2013

I think we have the right people to do that and look forward to hearing your testimony today.

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May 6, 2013

Good. It is hoped that in the Gulf of Guinea we can, I think we have, move to intercept the issue before it gets as bad as it did off the coast of Somalia certainly.

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May 6, 2013

How can we change that culture? What can we do to better that situation?

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Apr 21, 2013

It was a revelation to go down on the border. We actually watched an illegal border crossing while we were there.

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Apr 21, 2013

I just want to thank all of you and Senator Feinstein for working so hard to get an agreement here.

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Apr 21, 2013

I think the woman who crossed heard Senator Schumer's accent through the fence and thought I am in New York, where is the Statue of Liberty? I am here.

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Apr 21, 2013

There is nothing to suggest that 5 years from now, if we just realize that it is completely out of whack with labor needs, that we cannot revisit it and up the numbers.

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Apr 21, 2013

I want to commend what you have done in Utah with the Utah Compact. That has provided a blueprint and a model for a lot of people in Arizona.

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Apr 21, 2013

I have never been able to place all those who come here across the border undocumented in some criminal class.

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Apr 21, 2013

I do believe that once you allow that person to stay in the United States after they have come here in violation of law, I would believe that most Americans would think that that would be an amnesty.

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Apr 15, 2013

We hope that the appointment or the raising up of this new force will come with enough backing of the United States.

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