Jason Chaffetz

Why is the Administration proposing to lift a 30-year ban on Libyans coming to the US to train as nuclear scientists now?

I see no urgency to try to get this through, particularly as it relates to the nuclear sciences.

How is this relationship normalized when our Ambassador was murdered in Benghazi 18 months ago and not one single solitary person has been arrested, prosecuted or brought to justice?

I think they are overstating the security situation in Benghazi and Libya.

We need to continue to do that and hold people accountable to go after the waste, fraud and abuse in this important area.

This is one of the most important responsibilities of Congress, is, in fact, going after waste, fraud and abuse.

Oh, it is more like the Stone Age. Fred Flintstone is more progressive than a lot of places in Afghanistan.

As a Member of Congress I have been there twice.

I don't want to get caught up on semantics, but I am just telling you, you have an incentive fund, it sounds like a bonus, it sounds like a slush fund, it sounds like a lot of very negative things.

One of the key concerns, one of my biggest concerns is that we have U.S. money flowing to the very terrorists that wish to do us harm.

Like who actually wakes up in this country and says, this will be in the best interest of the United States of America; let's teach the Libyan nationals about nuclear sciences? That makes no sense to me. None.

How is this relationship 'normalized' when our Ambassador was murdered in Benghazi 18 months ago?

I don't think bringing people in to train them on nuclear sciences when they have no nuclear power plants is where we would start.

But when you have 333 different recommendations and you only insist that they implement 24, I have a problem with that.

But you go back and assess them, right?

I do think it is important for Congress to understand and look back on what has worked well and what hasn't worked well.

When you have a duly issued subpoena, you comply with it. It is not optional.

Those Americans who do that are my heroes.

I don't want some Afghan saying something about my son. I don't want that.

I want to assure the families that this committee has questioned the Department of Defense officials on the full spectrum of the mission.

We cannot thank the men and women enough who serve this Nation and those that have given their lives for this Nation.

First of all, I can tell you that having reviewed the records, the pilots that were operating this aircraft are of exceptional quality, skill and high rating, but there were some questions about why was there no pre-assault fire laid down…

I commend all of you also for diligently going about your investigations and your review in the same manner.

Honoring those Americans is our number one priority.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia, Chairman Goodlatte, for his leadership on this issue. We woke up one day, Mr. Speaker, and the Library of Congress--the Library of Congress--decided that, if you unlocked your cell phone, that that…