Jeff Flake
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"Jeffry Lane "Jeff" Flake" is an United States/American politician and the Seniority in the United States Senate/junior United States Senate/United States Senator from Arizona. He served as a United States House of Representatives/U.S. Representative for Arizona from 2001–2013, representing (initially ). He is a member of the Republican Party (United States)/Republican Party.

Flake was the United States Senate election in Arizona, 2012/2012 Republican nominee to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate. He defeated Democrat Richard Carmona in the general election on November 6, 2012.

In 2013, the National Taxpayers Union gave Flake the Taxpayers’ Friend Award. The Union keeps a scorecard on Members of Congress, rating Members on certain votes. Flake’s score was the highest of anyone in Congress for 2013. Upon receiving the award, Flake referred to himself as “the biggest cheapskate in the Senate.”

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I never believed that it was responsible to create this new entitlement, but it's even more irresponsible now, given that Hurricane Katrina has created new spending priorities for the federal government.

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Three hundred thousand manufactured homes? People are screaming about that, ... I tell you, FEMA is a disaster.

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There was virtually no control at the border. They would go back for birthdays, for Christmas, for holidays, because they could always come back across the border easily.

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There's a lot of fat to trim. ... I wonder if we've been serving in the same Congress.

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I have to be a little pessimistic. There is no real stomach for fiscal discipline right now.

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If voters want bigger government, sooner or later they're going to return to the genuine article, and that's the Democratic Party.

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$50 billion is simply too much to give FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) all at once and ensure proper oversight.

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If the total cost of the hurricane recovery effort approaches $200 billion, as some have suggested, that would amount to every family in the country paying about $2,500. The last thing we need to do would be to saddle taxpayers with a tax increase.

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There's no shortage of places where the federal government can tighten its belt to pay the cost of the hurricane recovery effort. Let's face it, after years of uninterrupted growth, the federal government is bloated.

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