Jeff Flake | Congressman Arizona’s Sixth District

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  • Congressman Flake Amends Financial Services Spending Bill to Prohibit Bonuses for GSA Employees Under Investigation for Misconduct
    Jun 20, 2012  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today successfully amended the financial services appropriations bill to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to provide a bonus to any General Services Administration (GSA) employee who is under investigation for misc... More
  • Congressman Flake Reacts to Obama Administration’s Call for Expanded Power to Seize Firms
    Mar 24, 2009  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today panned the Obama Administration’s call for expanded power to seize private companies whose failure it believes would pose a systemic risk to the economy. “Many of us were not fans of the so-called Bush Doctrine of pree... More
  • Congressman Flake Expresses Concern Over Bank Nationalization Plan
    Oct 15, 2008  - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today expressed several concerns as the Treasury Department begins to nationalize many of the country’s largest banks. “I recognize that, despite the concerns of many in Congress about inserting government more deeply into t... More
  • Op-ed on Sarbanes-Oxley for the Arizona Republic
    Apr 17, 2005  - In the summer of 2002, after months and months of reports of corporate malfeasance and facing a campaign season in which politicians were being associated with Ken Lay, Bernie Ebbers, and the like, Congress passed a sweeping reform bill intended to improve corporate governance. The political and cor... More
  • Congressman Flake Introduces Legislation Reforming the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
    Apr 15, 2005  - Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents the state’s Sixth District, has introduced legislation reforming the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The legislation (H.R. 1641) makes the internal control requirements mandated in Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act voluntary. The costs of complying with Section... More
  • Congressman Flake Issues Statement on Vote Against Financial Literacy Month
    Apr 11, 2005  - Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents the state’s Sixth District, today released the following statement regarding his vote against House Resolution 148, which supports the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month. “Given Congress' appetite for pork barrel spending and penchant for def... More