[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WE ARE NOW ALL FLAKES

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, the debate over the 
last 2 days has been described in many different ways. I would like to 
describe it as a tribute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
  I have referred to him in the press as Don Quixote with couth, 
referring to the fact that in the past he has stood there as a solitary 
figure trying to bring sense to this place when we're dealing with 
earmarks.
  President Nixon once said looking at certain figures about population 
that we are all now Malthusian. He was proven wrong.
  I think I can say without contradiction, after the debate on the 
floor and resolution of the dispute we've had and the seriousness with 
which we're about now to undertake the issue of earmarks, we are now 
all Flakes.

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