"Many of the earmark request forms are actually……" — Jeff Flake
"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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12 Quotes by Jeff Flake
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- This isn't all going to be done in one day, either.
- It's going to take a while for some of these things.
- These are people who wanted to provide for their family and wanted a better life. We've got to have a…
- I'm also particularly pleased that there is bipartisan support to include the input of border communities. Not only will security…
- This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.
- I feel at some point that the farm state politics will overwhelm the Florida politics.
- Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.
- For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.
- There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut…
- The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about…
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