Jason Chaffetz

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.

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 want to thank all those involved because, as was noted earlier, every life in this building and across this country and across the world has been touched by breast cancer. I lost my mom to breast cancer. I lost my dad to cancer as…

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It has become a monster, an absolute monster.

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

I stand to express opposition to the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. As we look at these weighty issues, I think it is important that we look at both the liability and the accountability in this factor. When you look at the…

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…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 9, beginning line 5, strike ``identified as a low- achieving school according to the Office of the…

The manager's amendment that I am offering makes small technical changes to the bill. First, the amendment substitutes the term ``low achieving schools'' for ``lowest performing schools,'' which corresponds to the language used by the…

This is the same amendment that Delegate Norton offered to the bill during markup, but it was rejected by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The amendment would cap the enrollment of OSP students, the Opportunity Scholarship…

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.

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

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.

The bottom line is this program produces results. I like the variety of choices. And the Delegate has been a real champion for charter schools, and I applaud her for that, I support her in that. But the reality is the scholarships that we…