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
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.
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.
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.
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.
florida states feels
I feel at some point that the farm state politics will overwhelm the Florida politics.
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.
years games people
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.
one-day done immigration
This isn't all going to be done in one day, either.
honest open
We need more honest government. We need a more open process, a more honest process.
grain huge
We've got to take some of these definitions with a huge grain of salt.