Jeff Flake — American Politician born on December 31, 1962,

Jeffry Lane "Jeff" Flake is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Arizona. He served as a U.S. Representative for Arizona from 2001 to 2013, representing Arizona's 6th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party... (wikipedia)

There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.
For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.
Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.
I feel at some point that the farm state politics will overwhelm the Florida politics.
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.