Jason Chaffetz: “If we are not going to use them, why have them?”

If we find out about our problems with Members of Congress, and then we fail to act on them, we become a part of the problem.

The only way we can protect them is actually have somebody looking over the shoulder to make sure they're telling the truth.

I do believe, in principle, that if you want the best result, you are going to look to the people at the most local level.

This was widely regarded as one of the worst governance systems in the world.