Jason Chaffetz

I want to make sure, when you get back to me by, say, the end of the month--you said two weeks...

It is terribly frustrating. And I don't understand the games that the legislative liaisons sometimes play.

But my understanding is not everybody shows up for that asylum hearing.

This is what is so terribly frustrating about trying to interact with this Administration, it is the lack of information about this.

Most people, as you all have said and I believe, that come here, they come here legally, lawfully; they are good, honest, decent people.

I watched dozens of kids probably in the third, fourth, fifth grade, pretty young, crossing the borders all by themselves.

We do, on a bipartisan manner, ask that you respond to our letters in a thoughtful way.

Most of the answers are we are going to get you the answers later.

My understanding was when you get a border crossing card you are limited to entry to certain miles, depending on which State you are involved and engaged in.

I don't understand why this is so difficult.

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 an efficient, effective Government that works for them.

We have had no response. Please provide all documents describing the average length of time and longest length of time for a notice to appear before an immigration judge for an asylum proceeding.

We have given no assessment as to whether or not they have credible fear.

If you would indulge me for one moment. I just want a point of clarification from Mr. Ramotowski.

You know, I am one that wants to fix legal immigration. We can make the fence as big and wide and far as you want, but if you don't fix legal immigration it is never, ever going to work.

It is the current law; it should happen.

Well, given that the Congress had already passed this law more than 10 years ago, I do think that the American people have spoken that, yes, they want to have this happen.

And I think we need that. We have a bigger obligation for this Country to make sure we get it right, rather than we get it fast, and that is my deep concern.

why such a dramatic increase? We have nearly 300,000-plus, more than 300,000 border crossing cards issued in the Obama Administration than the Bush Administration.

What is intolerable to this committee, and it has happened on both sides of the aisle, is we don't get answers to very basic questions.

But what I worry about is you have fugitive aliens by the hundreds of thousands. You have people who aren't willing to play by the rules.

The sad reality for the Democrats... is they did nothing.

I thank Chairman Ryan for putting this resolution together. I also want to take time to recognize and thank Chairman Lucas. In his tone and tenacity in putting together a farm bill, I think he has served as an example in this House of how…

if you don't have property tax, which is private property to generate the taxes that you need to educate your children, like we need in Utah.

let us take that little bit of excess that doesn't serve a public purpose and let us put it up at fair market value and sell it back as private property.