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
government
Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.
thinking trying stubborn
For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.
cutting republican taxes
There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.
country united-states debate
The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.
country race bars
Senator Jon Kyl has given all of the eventual candidates in this race an excellent model of how to best serve Arizona and the country. He's set the bar extremely high, and I'll do my best to meet that standard.
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.
politics policy
Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.
burden kids pass
It's unconscionable to pass this burden on to our kids,
base literally
The base is literally screaming, 'Stop the spending!'
brought course fact home leaders
That has brought home the fact that we need not just new leaders but a course correction.
blame march minority ourselves
It's inexcusable, ... We're going to march ourselves right into the minority and we have no one to blame but ourselves.
ability hide
They want to keep the ability to hide earmarks. They don't want the scrutiny.
contain cost late
It's not too late to try to contain the cost of this entitlement.
change direction simply
It's not enough simply to change leaders; we need to change the direction of the party.