Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
Jeffry Lane "Jeff" Flakeis an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the junior United States Senator from Arizona since 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 December 1962
CountryUnited States of America
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It's more than likely there will be leadership elections in January. We don't want to go into an election year without a permanent majority leader.
discipline fiscal stomach
I have to be a little pessimistic. There is no real stomach for fiscal discipline right now.
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It's critical that any immigration reform package include a temporary worker program. Without it, we simply will not be addressing the issue.
government limited vision
There just is no vision for limited government,
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Pat Tillman exemplified the sacrifice, selflessness, and service of the U.S. military. Nowadays, genuine role models in professional sports are few and far between, but Tillman proved that there are still heroes in sports.
politics policy
Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.
september-11 defense-spending homeland-security
After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.
government
Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.
filled-out lobbyists form
Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.
political needs adults
This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.
support community borders
I'm also particularly pleased that there is bipartisan support to include the input of border communities. Not only will security be strengthened according to Washington, D.C., but border communities will have a say as well.
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These are people who wanted to provide for their family and wanted a better life. We've got to have a secure border. But we've also, we've got to act compassionately and recognize labor markets as well. ... I've never thought that it's [path to citizenship] a bad thing. If somebody is going to be here for 20, 30 years, to give them some skin in the game, if you will, to hold out the prospect of citizenship.
immigration immigration-reform
It's going to take a while for some of these things.
honest open
We need more honest government. We need a more open process, a more honest process.