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Jason Chaffetz

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Jason Chaffetz is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Utah's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2017. During his tenure, he served as the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where he was known for his focus on government accountability and transparency. Chaffetz was a vocal critic of the Obama administration and played a significant role in various investigations, including those related to the Benghazi attack and the Clinton email controversy.

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Nov 16, 2015

The department-wide information systems continue to be vulnerable to security threats.

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Nov 16, 2015

This is also an organization based on their self-assessment gets an overall 'F' grade as it relates to IT.

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Nov 16, 2015

Most people don't realize how large and enormous of a financial institution the Department of Education is.

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Nov 16, 2015

We don't know who is in there. We don't know what they are doing.

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Nov 16, 2015

It has become a monster, an absolute monster.

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Nov 16, 2015

We are talking about a trillion dollars but we are also talking about over 130 million Americans.

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Nov 16, 2015

This is an organization, the Department of Education, that spends some $683 million--spent $683 million this year on information technology.

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Oct 21, 2015

I appreciate working with the Delegate. It is a good working relationship. We have our opposition from time to time, but she did work with us in this way, and I appreciate her support of this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time…

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Oct 21, 2015

At this time, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner), the author of this piece of legislation and the distinguished Speaker of the House.

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Oct 21, 2015

May I inquire as to how much time each side has remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Utah has 6 minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from the District of Columbia has 6 minutes remaining.

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Oct 21, 2015

I would draw our Members' attention to the editorial board comments from yesterday. This is from the Washington Post: A misguided attack on D.C.'s needy students. I want to remind people, as they did in this document here in this…

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Oct 21, 2015

At this time, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen).

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Oct 21, 2015

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita).

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Oct 21, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford.)

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Oct 21, 2015

At this time, I am pleased to yield 1\1/ 2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly).

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Oct 21, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Walker.)

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Oct 21, 2015

At this time, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline), the chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Oct 21, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).

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Oct 21, 2015

May I inquire as to how much time each side has. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Utah has 17 minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from the District of Columbia has 14 minutes remaining.

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Oct 21, 2015

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer), the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.

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Oct 21, 2015

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).

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Oct 20, 2015

Global Entry is worthless. There's not a single thing that that card does.

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Oct 20, 2015

Federal Acquisition Regulation, FAR, subpart 8.8 requires Federal agencies to acquire printing services through GPO unless GPO cannot provide the services.

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Oct 18, 2015

Congressman Jason Chaffetz has set up a committee, he heads the committee, he's got a viewing room, and the Center for Medical Process insists these heavily edited arguments won't stand up if in fact members of Congress actually watch what…

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Oct 15, 2015

I told you then that this was a fair, reasonable, and achievable goal.

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