Jeff Flake | Congressman Arizona’s Sixth District

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  • Congressman Flake: The Southern Border is Still Not Secure
    Dec 21, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today criticized the Obama Administration’s decision to draw down the number of National Guard troops posted at the southern U.S. border. "The Administration needs to point to more than apprehension statistics when evaluatin... More
  • Congressman Flake: Payroll Tax Cut Extension Siphons Funds From Social Security
    Dec 20, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today voted against the motion to go to conference on H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax relief and Jobs Creation Act of 2011. “Unless we summon the courage to reform our entitlement programs, we shouldn’t be reducing the dedic... More
  • Congressmen Jeff Flake and Jim Cooper Introduce Earmark Elimination Act of 2011
    Dec 19, 2011  - Republican Congressmen Jeff Flake, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Democratic Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee today introduced the Earmark Elimination Act of 2011 (H.R. 3707) which would permanently ban congressional earmarks in the House of Representatives. The Earmark Elimi... More
  • Congressman Flake: So Just How Broke Are We?
    Dec 19, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today illustrated the size and scope of the growing national debt. During the Christmas season, several companies across the U.S. rent out reindeer for parties and private events. The cost to rent some of Santa’s main mode o... More
  • Congressman Flake Votes Against Omnibus Spending Bill
    Dec 16, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, today voted against H.R. 2055, the Conference Report for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012. “Aside from spending levels being simply too high, this is a 1,200-pag... More
  • Congressman Flake Urges Removal of Language from Omnibus That Restricts Cuban-American Travel and Remittances
    Dec 15, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, today urged House Leadership to remove language from the pending omnibus spending bill package that would reinstate travel and remittance restrictions on Cuban-Americans seeking to visit or send money to family member... More
  • Congressman Flake Organizes Bipartisan Letter Urging House Leaders to Let Ethanol Subsidies Expire
    Dec 13, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, along with 73 House Members, sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging them to resist calls to continue, expand, or create new ethanol subsidies in any of the remaining legislative proposa... More
  • Congressman Flake: Future Congresses Unlikely to Pay for this Congress’ Payroll Tax Cut Extension
    Dec 13, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today voted against H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax relief and Jobs Creation Act of 2011. “Simply put, we can’t keep passing one-year extensions and promising to pay for them over 10 years,” said Flake. “We’re unable to comp... More
  • Congressman Flake Organizes Letter Urging Sanctions for Iran’s Central Bank in National Defense Authorization Act
    Dec 9, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today along with 22 House Members sent a letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R, CA) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D, WA) urging them to retain during conference negotiations with the Senate provis... More
  • Congressman Flake Applauds House Passage of Bill that Leaves Regulation of Rural Dust to the States
    Dec 8, 2011  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today applauded the passage of H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, which will prevent burdensome and costly federal regulations on rural dust – or “nuisance dust” –from being placed on businesses and ... More