“Rep. Jeff Flake was anti-earmark before being anti-earmark was cool.” – Roll Call, November 18, 2010
“He is one of a rare breed. Flake could be a model for what a truly independent “tea party” could be for the American people. We need more Jeff Flakes.” John Latson, Mesa – The Arizona Republic (Letter to the Editor), August 4, 2010
“Today, as America awakes to the bill piled up by the Bush and Obama White Houses, deficit hawks are suddenly popular. And none has as credible a national voice as Flake.” – The Arizona Republic, July 23, 2010
“After railing for years to an indifferent Congress, including lots of indifferent Republicans, about the costly evils of earmarking, Arizona Rep. Jeff Flake, R Quixoteville, finally appears to have toppled a windmill.” – The Arizona Republic, March 22, 2010
“[a] conservative hero for [his] dedication to hacking away at government” – Salon.com, January 14, 2010
“When Rep. Jeff Flake rises to speak in the House of Representatives, his colleagues grimace. Usually, the Arizona Republican is out to shame them over earmarking money for pet projects that have little to do with federal priorities.” – Los Angeles Times, August 27, 2007
“Mr. Flake should be getting a promotion to the leadership, given how prescient he was in warning his colleagues about the perils of their run-amok ‘earmarking.’” – Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2007
“Jeff Flake’s story is a familiar one, immortalized 67 years ago in the film ‘Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,’ starring Jimmy Stewart, who portrayed a young idealist who runs up against the real Washington world of fat cats, special interests and rotten apples.” – Morley Safer, 60 Minutes, November 5, 2006
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