Jason Chaffetz

I would like to make my counterpart aware that I have one additional speaker and then I am prepared to close. At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hultgren).

The Washington Times cited the Federal Register. In 1 year alone, there were 81,611 pages of new regulations. I think it is time that we go back and look at those. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Graves) for his…

You are hiding stuff. You are holding back from us and it is not reasonable.

You want funding from the American people, there is possible legislation, there are all sorts of things.

It has been a year. And we issued a subpoena. It is not like we are not serious about that.

It should scare every American.

As Members of Congress, we should be able to see what you are doing and how you are doing it.

The American people trust us but you don't trust us.

A briefing is not good enough.

Why is it that Members of Congress with security clearances--I happen to sit on the Judiciary Committee, I am on the Crimes Subcommittee--why is it that I cannot actually see what you are sending out far and wide?

I think it is important that we get these documents, and I think the American people have a right to know is the Department of Justice violating the law when it comes to privacy.

So we are after the truth here most of the time, but I do want to highlight that aspect of this, that we have to be fairer in conducting oversight as well.

Our cooperative approach to oversight has yielded results.

The congressional oversight and investigative work does not need to be an adversarial activity.

I got a problem with that. I got a problem with that.

This is so screwed up about the Obama administration. You're here illegally, you commit a crime, you deport them.

I really do believe that one of the untold stories, the biggest--one of the biggest threats that we have, are those that are coming illegally to the United States.

How do you do that? You give them an excuse to make a decision, put some poor officer there...

You cannot tell me that you've done that every single time when people were killed in those facilities.

The problem is when you have a facility that the life expectancy is less than 10 years, it's a different set of standards.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Mrs. Lummis).

How much privacy are we going to give up in the name of security?

This is one of the most exciting parts of our economy. This is somewhere we can lead the world.

The beauty of the United States of America is that the Congress does ask hard questions.

We are paying for it. Taxpayers are paying for it.