Known for his ability to work across the political aisle, Senator Flake was the lead House Republican in the successful effort to prohibit spending earmarks, and the lead Senate Republican in the successful effort to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba.Ī sought-after speaker, Senator Flake delivered the 2018 commencement address at Harvard Law School.
Senator Flake holds degrees in International Relations and Political Science from Brigham Young University. He also directed the Foundation for Democracy in Namibia during that nation’s transition to independence. Prior to entering Congress, Senator Flake served as executive director of the Goldwater Institute in Arizona. He also chaired the Africa Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, where he passed landmark legislation on wildlife trafficking and democratic governance. While in the Senate, Senator Flake chaired the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology & the Law, which sits at the intersection of innovation and regulation. House of Representatives, Senator Flake was elected to the United States Senate, where he served for six years. “And then rises one Jeff Flake and delivers not merely a great speech but also a genuinely important one, perhaps the single most important address given on the Senate floor in my memory.”Īuthor of the New York Times best seller Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle, Senator Flake has taken a lonely stand for principle and civility in an era of hyper-partisanship.Īfter serving six terms in the U.S. “We are no longer used to great Senate speeches,” wrote Lawfare Editor in Chief, Benjamin Wittes, in October of 2017.
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