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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.

May 17, 2012

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for including in this en bloc amendment an amendment that I and the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Mulvaney) offered to ensure that we budget honestly. We have something called the…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-17
May 9, 2012

Mr. Chairman, this amendment would prohibit the National Science Foundation from using taxpayer dollars to fund political science research. To be clear, my amendment does not reduce funding for the NSF. Earlier in consideration of this…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-09
May 9, 2012

Let me simply say that when we don't know what they're doing and the only justification comes from the administration that a company called AGS, that has already been investing in this country for more than 40 years, that needs no help in…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-09
May 9, 2012

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, designated as No. 3. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 101, after line 10, insert the following new section: Sec. 542. None of the funds…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-09
May 9, 2012

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I would simply submit that when the committee has to ask in report language, please justify and tell us what you're doing, it's a pretty good indication that we don't know and that the program is…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-09
May 9, 2012

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Let me just say, and I won't take all the time, but there is something to the ``laugh factor.'' At some point we've got to realize here that the country's watching us, and they're looking to see if we're…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-09
May 9, 2012

Mr. Chairman, this amendment would prohibit funding for President Obama's SelectUSA Initiative. It's a program that would otherwise receive just over $6 million in this bill. Now, if you've never heard of SelectUSA, you're not alone…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-09
May 9, 2012

I have an amendment at the desk labeled as Flake No. 2. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following: limitation on funds for selectusa…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-09
May 8, 2012

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 68, line 14, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $1,089,453,000)''. Page 69, line 8, after the…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-08
May 8, 2012

To the gentleman's point, the minority whip, I think all of us want to protect the ADA and the goals of the ADA. That's why this amendment was offered in the committee. It was to strike this language. What will happen--I think we can all…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-08
May 8, 2012

In reclaiming my time, it's all well and good to say that; but what these owners will say is their liability comes as soon as the lawyer walks by and the pool doesn't have it. They're not going to risk having the liability. They're not…

Congressional Record · 2012-05-08

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