Full Text: Sen. Jeff Flake’s last speech in Senate

WASHINGTON D.C. – Sen. Jeff Flake delivers his final speech on the Senate floor Thursday morning. The full text is listed below.
Mr. President,
I would like to begin today by noting that had the people of Arizona and America been truly lucky, my mother or father would have served in the United States House and Senate.
Everything I know about what matters most in life I first learned at their dinner table. But for many reasons – they were otherwise occupied raising and feeding eleven