Jason Chaffetz

Genuinely good government oversight requires a committee commitment to expose mismanagement, waste, fraud, and abuse.

Our mission is to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of the Federal Government and all of its agencies.

Personnel is the number one issue. We have such a broad swatch of responsibility.

That is some good creative thinking right there. I reserve the balance of my time.

I appreciate Congressman Reed and what he is trying to do here. I think this makes a lot of sense. His amendment asks agencies to consider the effects of regulatory action upon private property owners. The amendment furthers the bill's…

I would like to make Mr. Cummings aware that I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close, but I will reserve the balance of my time.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Walker).

May I inquire of the time left on both sides? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Utah has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Maryland has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Meadows).

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Jody B. Hice).

At this time, I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Dr. Foxx, the prime sponsor of this bill.

We have to be able to figure this out. These people have to be held accountable.

The law is crystal clear.

Inspectors General serve the American taxpayers as the first line of defense against waste, fraud and abuse by government agencies.

If the Inspectors General can't do their job, we can't do our job, and this is why it is imperative.

I want to thank Mr. O'Rourke for his passion on this issue. He is a fine gentleman to work with on these types of issues and others. I am happy to serve with him on both Homeland Security and in this body. I thank him for his good work…

And I want to continue to thank some other Members for making this possible. Yvette Clarke has been very helpful. She worked diligently on H.R. 3107, which passed 395-8. It has been included in the Senate version, and I am glad to have her…

The country made a change. We actually passed an immigration bill. It was my bill.

The first 2 years of the Obama administration the Democrats had the House, the Senate, and the Presidency, and they did nothing on immigration.

I am getting tired of the Democrats with this righteous indignation saying that we can't find a Congress we can work with.

So you say he didn't change the law, but the President says he changed the law.

Don't let somebody get close to the president. Don't let somebody get close to his family.

It seems like a simple request. It would give us a good snapshot.

I appreciate your commitment there. I don't doubt it.

Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is a fundamental human right.