Jason Chaffetz

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

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 would like to point to the bill because it keeps getting repeated on this floor that it doesn't include the public, it doesn't include individuals. That is just not true. On page 12 of the bill: Agencies shall, to the extent practicable…

I thank the gentleman, and I appreciate my colleague from Virginia. I appreciate his tenacity and good work on these issues and on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. But I do have to suggest that if the economy is…

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

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

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

The law is crystal clear.

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

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

In conclusion, I thank the gentlewoman from Washington, D.C. I look forward to working with her on a host of issues as we serve on the same committee. I can only hope that as many of them can be as bipartisan as possible. We both have a…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

We exist to secure two fundamental principles, first, Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent; and, second, Americans deserve efficient, effective government that works for them.

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

Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights.

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

I want to thank you particularly for the good work the men and women are doing in Homeland Security.