Jason Chaffetz

Just from what I've read, I have not seen the memo myself.

It was quick to dispatch staff to the Navajo communities to hand out Standard Form 95 and encourage members of the Navajo Nation to fill out forms to expedite settlement of their claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and apparently to…

Somebody made a decision to say we're not doing that anymore.

One of the great frustrations here is that people make mistakes. I get that. But this is not a simple mistake.

We want to find a way to help make these people whole.

I would really challenge you both please to come up with something, I don't know if it's a letter...

We are not only the Oversight Committee, we're also the Government Reform Committee.

I think that has been exemplified here over the last 2 1/2 hours through this hearing.

I appreciate their passion on this issue and their care for the loved ones that are there in that area.

I think it's wrong. And I think people on both sides of this aisle think it's wrong.

The United States is Mexico's largest trading partner and largest foreign investor.

Mexico is also a dangerous place. I would argue it's one of the most dangerous places on the planet.

one of the most infuriating parts of this are the people who are here illegally and commit crimes only to be released back into the interior of the United States of America.

There is no police force in Nuevo Laredo. There is none.

every time we spend dollars here we're pulling money out of American people's pockets to give it to somebody else.

I cannot thank the men and women of the--particularly the Border Patrol for all they do.

It's just unacceptable to us. It's just mind-boggling that there would knowingly and willingly cut their pay.

The consulate general and his facilities and his ability or her ability to conduct work on behalf of the United States is pivotal.

The reason that we are going to continue to focus on this is every single thing we've done since the time I was elected... has gone up in costs.

I think there's a lot of misinformation coupled with border security efforts.

Did the administration work with us in an open and candid way? No.

There has to be a legal, lawful way to get here.

For fiscal year 2013 and 2014, the Obama administration released roughly 66,000 criminal aliens.

You've got a lot of people on this panel that don't understand, given the massive amount of violence.

So Nuevo Laredo, there is no mayor that has authority over a police force there.