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8 quotes by Jeff Flake

Jeffry Lane "Jeff" Flake (born December 31, 1962) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Arizona. He served as a U.S. Representative for Arizona from 2001–2013, representing Arizona's 6th congressional district (initially Arizona's 1st congressional district). He is a member of the Republican Party. Flake was the 2012 Republican nominee to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate. He defeated Democrat Richard Carmona in...
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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.

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

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If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to... →

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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... →

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

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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... →

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