Jason Chaffetz

I thank the chairman for his good work on this. Without Chairman Issa's leadership on this issue, we would not have this bill here today. I appreciate his work and dedication and passion on this issue. I appreciate Mr. Cummings. I also…

I think you properly pointed out in your testimony that people are your greatest asset.

We need metrics. Metrics that we can work on the same pages.

If hundreds of thousands of people who would just ignore the law, they ignore the judge, they are supposed to be deported, they thumb their nose at us, and they just continue on here. That is the problem.

what is unconscionable, what we cannot stand for are people that abuse the system.

I will be brief. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

But the perverse incentive here is come here illegally. Claim asylum. And then guess what? You are going to get free education, free healthcare, and you are going to apply and, most likely, odds are you are going to get a work permit.

I think that is a crisis. I think that is a huge problem.

We need some help understanding that because we're trying to look back at the law.

I advocate for more legal immigration. I want to fix legal immigration. It is not working.

This is a problem, and it is an abuse, and I am glad we are addressing it.

Will the gentleman yield? When I went to the Eloy detention facility, when I was down on the border, you have two categories of how you recognize them--OTMs, other than Mexicans, and Mexicans.

the integrity of our immigration system is compromised, and potential threats to our communities and national security are able to legally live and work here.

One of the big questions that stands before the Nation is: Are we going to give up all of our liberties in the name of security? And I think not. Technology is great. It is supposed to make our lives better and simpler, more efficient…

Woman, I thank Chairman Goodlatte, and I thank Members on both sides of the aisle for working on this. In the 112th Congress, I worked closely with Congressman DeFazio on the SHIELD Act, but a much better bill is before us today. I want…

I thank Chairman Terry for his good leadership and work on this, and certainly Chairman Goodlatte for bringing this bill; and knowing that you, Mr. Terry, are working on a bill that I am going to wholeheartedly support. Madam Chairman, we…

We do this in a very bipartisan way. I appreciate Mr. Polis; Mr. Connolly; my colleague, Mr. Marino; and Chairman Goodlatte. This is simple. If you want to help the little guy, if you want to help protect the integrity of the system, you…

I simply want to thank both sides of the aisle. I want to thank Mr. McClintock, the chairman of this subcommittee, for allowing us to move this forward, and I appreciate the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), the ranking member of the…

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles. First, Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

This is unbelievable, and unbearable, and it is a total lack of leadership throughout the Department and agency.

Don't tell me that you need more dollars, more resources. You heard Nancy Pelosi saying, we are at bone bare--you know, the cupboard is bare.

There are tens of millions of dollars, taxpayer dollars, that are being abused. They are being stolen from the American people.

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

Honestly, there has to be a prioritization going on here.