Jason Chaffetz

I prefer to have the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands, who is the chief sponsor of this bill, speak first on this issue. I reserve the balance of my time.

I am pleased to yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem).

I urge the passage of H.R. 4359. We have worked in a good, bipartisan way. It is a good bill for the country and is good for the employees of the Federal Government. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr…

I urge the passage of H.R. 4360. I believe this is a good bill. We worked in a good, bipartisan way. It does make the system more fair and it makes it more accountable. It makes sure, for those who have adverse actions, that they can't…

The vast majority of Federal workers are patriotic, they are honest, they are decent, they work hard, they show up early, they do what they are supposed to do, and they are proud to serve their country and provide their role in when they…

How can you reject that? She said it as eloquently and as passionately from her heart as you possibly could. I am pleased that we could move this forward. In short, this bill creates a bipartisan congressional commission to plan and carry…

I appreciate Mrs. Noem and her drive to address this very important issue. I believe that the overwhelming majority of the people who work at the IRS are good, hardworking, patriotic people who want to do the right thing. I have a serious…

You have a fiduciary responsibility, and our checks and balances, our constitutional form of government only works if we have good, honest, decent people who actually comply with the law.

You leave us with no other choice. The three of you are here for a reason. You earned it.

There is no justification for that.

Until the agency provides that information, we have reason to believe that there is a lot of waste, fraud, and abuse.

What is it that they're--that we're not supposed to see?

When we issue a subpoena from the Congress, it's not optional.

This is the game that we play, and it's what makes people sick and disgusted with their government.

The unprofessional nature in which their responses have been happening is totally and wholly unacceptable.

If you want to do the courageous thing, like you said that Susan Hedman did, then you, too, should resign.

But I also believe in my heart that it is just offensive to suggest that there was nothing wrong done, and to not apologize, it is just wrong.

I want to thank all those that have participated in the three sets of hearings that we have had. There is no doubt, after having gone through this, that there were a lot of mistakes is just a total understatement.

What happened in Flint can never happen again, and it is almost unbelievable how many bad decisions were made.

It should not take an act of Congress to tell the EPA that they need to make this information public.

The EPA had every opportunity to make the right move here, and they did not.

I stand with the Founders; get a warrant.

the ACLU urges Congress to pass legislation such as the Geolocation Surveillance and Privacy Act introduced by Chairman Chaffetz

I serve on the Crimes Subcommittee within the Judiciary Committee, and I am the chairman of the Oversight Committee.

I find her to be a very competent person who is a breath of fresh air who actually has the background to run this agency.