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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.
Mr. Speaker, on Monday, October 31, UNESCO voted to award the Palestinian Authority full membership in its organization. UNESCO made the decision in spite of an existing U.S. law which prohibits U.S. contributions to the United Nations or…
The Administration claims that it is undergoing a deliberative process, but it is crystal-clear that they plan to move as early as the end of the month with this unnecessary long-term withdrawal of lands in the Arizona Strip to new mining…
This regulatory overreach is based on specious environmental concerns, as was outlined by Congressman Franks.
It violates a longstanding, negotiated legislative agreement, as was outlined by Senator McCain, who was here and participated in those negotiations.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I would just point out, if we want to address the royalty issue on this and other mining ventures, let's address the Mining Act of 1872. There were attempts to do this in the nineties, attempts to…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. You know, listening to the debate, you wonder what bill we're debating here. The opposition seems to be talking about something completely different. We heard under the rule debate yesterday and some of…
I thank the gentleman. This is good for everyone and it means real jobs. The notion that these jobs are not real, that this bill does not create jobs is simply not the case. It doesn't square with the facts. I urge adoption of this rule so…
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the chair for bringing this measure to the floor, and to the sponsor, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar). This is an extremely important measure for the State of Arizona. I would invite…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act, of which I'm a cosponsor. It's been the practice of this House for decades to ensure that federal funds are not used for abortion except in rare cases…
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