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THIS
WEEK
IN
THE
SENATE
This
week
Sen.
Flake
will
be
meeting
with
local
stakeholders
and
constituents
throughout
Arizona.
Last
week
Sen.
Flake
voted
to
confirm
Judge
Neil
Gorsuch
to
the
Supreme
Court.
He
also
voted
to
confirm
Elaine
Duke
to
be
Deputy
Secretary
of
Homeland
Security,
and
to
reinstate
a
safety
exemption
for
a
historic
steamboat
called
the
Delta
Queen
through
2028.
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
Sen.
Flake
appeared
on
Fox
&
Friends
to
announce
the
release
of Tax
Rackets:
Outlandish
Loopholes
to
Lower
Tax
Liabilities,
his
latest
report
exposing
some
of
the
most
outrageous
loopholes
that
are
costing
taxpayers
billions
of
dollars.
Read
more
about
how
you’re
getting
fleeced here.
Sen.
Flake
joined
KFYI’s
Mike
Broomhead
to
discuss
President
Trump’s
decision
to
launch
missile
strikes
against
a
Syrian
airbase
in
response
to
Syrian
President
Bashar
al-Assad’s
suspected
chemical
weapons
attack
last
week.
Listen
to
the
full
interview here.
ROUNDUP
REPORT
Justice: Sen.
Flake
penned
an
op-ed
in
The
Daily
Caller
explaining
his
votes
to
prevent
partisan
filibusters
of
qualified
Supreme
Court
nominees
and
to
confirm
Judge
Neil
Gorsuch.
Read
the
full
op-ed here.
- Key
Takeaway:
“Changing
the
rules
was
never
my
desired
outcome,
but
I
am
glad
that
a
qualified,
mainstream
jurist
will
now
take
his
seat
on
the
Supreme
Court.”
–
Sen.
Jeff
Flake
via
The
Daily
Caller
Striking
Back: The
Arizona
Republic
reports
on
Sen.
Flake’s
support
for
President
Trump’s
decision
to
launch
a
missile
strike
in
response
to
a
suspected
chemical
weapons
attack
by
Syrian
President
Bashar
al-Assad.
Read
the
full
story here.
- Key
Takeaway:
“I’m
glad
we
took
decisive
action
here...”
–
Sen.
Jeff
Flake
via
The
Arizona
Republic
Fleecing
Taxpayers: The
Daily
Caller highlights
Sen.
Flake’s Tax
Rackets:
Outlandish
Loopholes
to
Lower
Tax
Liabilities,
his
report
exposing
some
of
the
most
outrageous
loopholes
that
are
costing
taxpayers
billions
of
dollars.
Read
the
full
story here.
- Key
Takeaway:
“Flake
reviews
how
tax
loopholes
increase
the
national
debt
and
result
in
higher
tax
rates
for
Average
Americans…”–
The
Daily
Caller
Setting
the
Record
Straight: Sen.
Flake
explains
the
benefits
of
his
resolution
to
preserve
internet
privacy
protections
and
encourage
innovation
in
an
op-ed
for
the
Sierra
Vista
Herald.
Read
the
full
op-ed here.
- Key
Takeaway:
“With
my
bill
signed
into
law,
you
as
a
consumer
now
have
more
choice
over
how
your
data
is
used,
and
your
privacy
will
be
regulated
under
a
more
effective
and
consistent
framework.”
–
Sen.
Jeff
Flake
via
Sierra
Vista
Herald
When
Losers
Win
Big: The
Washington
Times
reports
on
the
“gambling
loophole”
identified
by
Sen.
Flake’s
Tax
Rackets:
Outlandish
Loopholes
to
Lower
Tax
Liabilities.
Read
the
full
story here.
- Key
Takeaway:
“Mr.
Flake
said
gamblers
claimed
nearly
$19
billion
in
deductions
for
gambling
losses
in
2015,
costing
the
government
as
much
as
$2.8
billion
in
lost
revenue.”–
The
Washington
Times
TRIVIA
CHALLENGE
Congressman
Carl
Hayden
was
the
first
person
to
represent
the
state
of
Arizona
in
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives,
serving
from
1912
to
1927.
He
would
go
on
to
serve
seven
terms
in
the
United
States
Senate,
becoming
one
of
the
longest-serving
members
of
Congress
in
history.
Julia
from
Tucson
asks
–
At
which
restaurant
was
the
chimichanga
first
invented?
Bonus
Question:
How
was
it
invented?
The
second
correct
e-mailer
gets
to
submit
the
next
question.
TWEET
OF
THE
WEEK
@JeffFlake Another
oversight
report,
another
surprise
trip
to
the
@SenatePress
Gallery.
Download
your
own
copy
of
#TaxRackets
at https://t.co/wgQ2UNjNh2
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