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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Jun 28, 2012

I appreciate the gentleman for yielding me a few moments here. Truly, this is a unique day. And I'm happy to join my colleagues in talking about this particular issue. You know, the old cliche is simply, a Supreme Court decision should not…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-28
Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 28, 2012

The record will reflect that in a bipartisan way, the Acting Director of the ATF, the person that was actually appointed by President Obama, was deposed by both Democrats and Republicans about a year ago for 2 days around July 4. It was 2…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-28
Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 28, 2012

Nothing's changed in over a year. But I will tell you this: Brian Terry doesn't have answers. You don't have answers. I don't have answers. I want all the facts. That's what we're asking for today, the facts, all of them.

Congressional Record · 2012-06-28
Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 28, 2012

Mr. Speaker, Leader Pelosi seriously questioned our motivations here. Let me be crystal clear what my motivation is. We have a dead United States agent. We have more than 200 dead people in Mexico. We have more than 2,000 weapons that were…

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 28, 2012

Mr. Speaker, the reason I am so passionate about this issue is that it's about openness, it's about transparency, it's about the idea that there is no one person in our government that's above the law; that when you have a duly issued…

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 28, 2012

Mr. Speaker, despite what has been said here, it is the duty and obligation of this body to address a duly issued subpoena that has not been complied with. There has not been full compliance here. There has not been cooperation here. There…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-28
Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

Thank you, Chairman. I am here to testify on behalf of H.R. 4484, which is the Y Mountain Access and Enhancement Act.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 89, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $396,000,000)''. Page 89, line 15, after the dollar amount…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-27
Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

I first want to applaud and thank the committee for their work. They've reached the laudable goal of reducing the overall expenditures by $4 billion. And that is much appreciated and noted. I just happen to think we can do just a little…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-27
Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

This was introduced in a bipartisan way, and myself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Flake, and Mr. McKeon introduced this bill, which has good, broad community support.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

We do believe that this bill would allow people a better experience. There will be better maintenance, better control of this to make sure that the community of all sorts can enjoy this.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

As you might imagine, I disagree with the Supreme Court's decision. And I agree with the dissent. What the court did not do on its last day in session I will do on my first day if elected president of the United States. And that is, I will…

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

VPP will not work if it is the sole responsibility of a safety director, a safety cop if you will, looking over an employee's shoulder.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

When the OSHA came to the door 20 years ago, that was not a good day.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

The cornerstone of Nucor's continuous safety and health improvements is VPP.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

Nucor's safety goal, as is OSHA's, is zero incidents and accidents.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jun 27, 2012

Nucor is made up of more than 20,000 teammates whose goal is to take care of our customers by being the safest, highest quality, lowest cost, most productive, and most profitable steel and steel products company in the world.

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