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United States Senator

Jeff Flake is an American politician born on December 31, 1962. He served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona, representing the Republican Party. During his tenure, he actively participated in various policy discussions and legislative work.

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“Presidential power should be questioned, continually. That's what our system of government, defined by the separation of powers, is all about. It shouldn't matter whether the president belongs to my party or to another one.”

Presidential Power

Book:Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle

Source: Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle

“After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.”

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“Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.”

Politics Policy

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“Just when you think [Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does.”

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“President Trump and his administration are right to be concerned about national security, but it's unacceptable when even legal permanent residents are being detained or turned away at airports and ports of entry.”

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“Enhancing long term national security requires that we have a clear-eyed view of radical Islamic terrorism without ascribing radical Islamic terrorist views to all Muslims.”

Long Term Views Clear Security Terrorism Terrorist Radical Long Term Islamic National Security Islamic Terrorism

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“I do think that the Republican Party is in a crisis right now, a crisis of confidence about who we are.”

Thinking Party Republican Crisis Republican Party

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“You can't always say what's popular and you ought to go with it. I think that's why the founders were concerned about direct democracy. That's why we have a republic and that's why we have representatives who who are supposed to look at the issues and to look out for the next generation as well.”

Thinking Democracy Concerned Direct Founders Next Generation

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“Unfortunately there are too many examples of members of Congress and other elected officials using language, referring to your opponents in ways that you would have never done before, ascribing the worst motives to your opponents, and assuming that other Americans are the enemies. And that's just not the way it used to be. And I don't think it can be that way in the future.”

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“I think the Respublican party's lost its way. We have given into nativism and protectionism. And I think that, if we're going to be a governing party in the future, and a majority party, we have got to go back to traditional conservatism, limited government, economic freedom, individual responsibility, respect for free trade. Those are the principles that made us who we are.”

Thinking Individual Party Responsibility Economic Trade Conservatism Limited Government Free Trade

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“I rise today with no small measure of regret, regret because of the state of our disunion, regret because of the disrepair and destructiveness of our politics, regret because of the indecency of our discourse.”

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“Reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is when it is actually just reckless, outrageous and undignified. And when such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else. It is dangerous to a democracy.”

Democracy Dangerous Behavior Reckless

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“When a leader correctly identifies real hurt and insecurity in our country and instead of addressing it, goes looking for somebody to blame, there is perhaps nothing more devastating to a pluralistic society.”

Real Country Hurt Leader Blame Insecurity

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“American leadership looks to the world and just as Lincoln did sees the family of man. Humanity is not a zero-sum game.”

Men World Humanity

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“The impulse to scapegoat and belittle threatens to turn us into a fearful, backward-looking people. In the case of the Republican Party, those things also threaten to turn us into a fearful, backward-looking minority party.”

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“This isn't all going to be done in one day, either.”

Done One Day Immigration Immigration Reform

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“It's going to take a while for some of these things.”

Immigration Immigration Reform

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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.”

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“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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“This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.”

Needs Political Adults Congress Desperate Supervision

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“I feel at some point that the farm state politics will overwhelm the Florida politics.”

Feels States Farms Florida

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“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.”

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“Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.”

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“For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.”

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“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.”

Cutting Republican Taxes Raises Revenue Tax Cuts

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“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.”

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“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 Given Race Models Standards Bars Excellent Candidates Senators Arizona

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Born: December 31, 1962
Known for: United States Senator
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