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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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Mar 24, 2015

I believe that this bill is a states' rights issue, that the State of Utah does not want gambling within its borders.

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Mar 24, 2015

I believe it is a states' rights bill.

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Mar 23, 2015

This is the life, safety, and security of the President of the United States and the White House.

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Mar 23, 2015

Please convey to the men and women who do the hard work day in and day out... how much we love them.

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Mar 23, 2015

The threat is real, but I don't feel it, I don't see it, and it is unacceptable.

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Mar 23, 2015

I want her taken down. I want a net to go over that city.

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Mar 23, 2015

But how do you not know? This is what is so infuriating.

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Mar 23, 2015

I wish, you know, at a minimum that these witnesses would have been provided, at least behind the scenes so that we could have received some answers.

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Mar 23, 2015

I join the Chairman in expressing my disappointment of the lack of cooperation.

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Mar 23, 2015

Reforming the United States Secret Service is not a partisan issue.

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Mar 18, 2015

You have 167,000 convicted criminals who are here illegally that should be deported.

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Mar 18, 2015

It is inexcusable to have somebody who has been convicted of these crimes and not immediately deport them.

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Mar 18, 2015

Your budget request requested less beds, not more beds. You could have detained these people.

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Mar 18, 2015

Secretary's Johnson's November 20th announcement exposes the American people to even greater danger.

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Mar 18, 2015

It is not difficult to imagine that people like Mr. Ronnebeck and Mr. Shaw often wonder if their loved ones would still be here today if our immigration enforcement laws were enforced.

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Mar 18, 2015

I don't know how you look into the eye of Mr. Shaw. Our heart bleeds for somebody like that.

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Mar 3, 2015

It's time for this Director and this Secretary to take some definitive, conclusive action and fix the problem.

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Mar 3, 2015

If you are going to go consume alcohol and then show up at the White House, disturb a crime scene, get out of here.

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Mar 3, 2015

The agents' impaired judgment resulted in them driving into a crime scene inches from what the rest of the Secret Service was treating as a potential explosive device.

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Mar 3, 2015

Now that the facts are in, it is time for accountability.

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Mar 3, 2015

U.S. SECRET SERVICE: ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MARCH 4, 2015 INCIDENT

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Feb 25, 2015

I just find it curious, out of all the thousands of lawyers in the Department of Justice, why they stumbled upon one who was a max-out donor to the DNC.

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Feb 11, 2015

I will tell you that you can receive a classified briefing about that.

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Feb 10, 2015

We need to work even harder and do more on the government reform side of things.

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