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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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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

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

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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 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

I also introduce into the Record The Washington Post editorial from yesterday, ``A Misguided Attack on D.C.'s Needy Students,'' actually supporting this. [From the Washington Post, Oct. 20, 2015] A Misguided Attack on D.C.'s Needy Students…

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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

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 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).

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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 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

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

I want to correct the record there. I think, obviously, somebody misspoke. The House did not vote on vouchers in this Congress. That is not what has happened. Mr. Chairman, I insert into the Record the letter we got from 500 families, D.C…

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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 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 20, 2015

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

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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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Oct 15, 2015

A presidential monument designation is simply not capable of providing you with the management control and flexibility you seek.

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Oct 7, 2015

the attempt to defund Planned Parenthood places each of those lives at risk.

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Oct 7, 2015

We were very narrowly focused on the finances.

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Oct 7, 2015

I think some of the video that's been out there, the rumors that have been swirling, some of the testimony that we have heard causes a lot of people to legitimately ask and dive into whether or not what they're doing is illegal.

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Oct 7, 2015

I would remind Members, there was all this criticism that we were going after women, and that is so false.

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Oct 7, 2015

the attempt by some to relitigate a 40-year-old decision places thousands of lives at risk.

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Oct 7, 2015

The point we were making is that Planned Parenthood had revenue of $127 million more than their expenses.

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