Sep 19, 2012
I have no additional speakers, but I will continue to reserve the balance of my time.
Jason Chaffetz
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Jason Chaffetz is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Utah's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2017. During his tenure, he served as the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where he was known for his focus on government accountability and transparency. Chaffetz was a vocal critic of the Obama administration and played a significant role in various investigations, including those related to the Benghazi attack and the Clinton email controversy.
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Sep 19, 2012
I just can't--I just fundamentally have trouble sending money directly to these governments without the accountability metrics in place.
Sep 19, 2012
I think one of the untold sad stories that we are going to look back here upon in Afghanistan years, decades from now is the waste, the fraud, the abuse, that we were exacerbating the problem, we were funneling money to the enemy, we were…
Sep 19, 2012
We have a dead Border Patrol agent, nearly 2,000 AK-47s released, hundreds of dead Mexicans...
Sep 11, 2012
The idea of rooting out corruption, fraud, abuse is something I think that we are all dedicated to.
Jul 30, 2012
I mean one of the things that brother me personally is you have the acting director of the ATF, Kenneth Melson, in almost 2 1/2 years that he was there, he met with his boss, the attorney general, Attorney General Holder, one time.
Jul 30, 2012
Well, just because the Bush administration did it and did it poorly doesn't mean they have an excuse to continue to do it.
Jul 30, 2012
We knowingly gave the drug cartels nearly 2,000 weapons. Mostly AK-47s. And there didn't seem to be an adult in the room that said, do we really do that? Maybe this is a bad idea.
Jul 30, 2012
One of the things that brother me personally is you have the acting director of the ATF, Kenneth Melson, in almost 2 1/2 years that he was there, he met with his boss, the attorney general, Attorney General Holder, one time.
Jul 30, 2012
Just because the Bush administration did it and did it poorly doesn't mean they have an excuse to continue to do it.
Jul 30, 2012
Well, remember, that the House held Attorney General Holder, the Department of Justice, in contempt. It wasn't about him personally.
Jul 30, 2012
I think it's a larger, more systemic problem because part of what the report cites is the lack of communication between ATF, the DEA, the FBI and certainly the Department of Justice and also Homeland Security, because ICE was also heavily…
Jul 18, 2012
I actually sponsored a bill, H.R. 3012. It is Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, which got rid of the per country cap limitations.
Jul 17, 2012
Our military, the American people, we are willing to do and can do anything if we have the political will to do it.
Jul 17, 2012
Somehow, some way, there has to be a better communication between the Department of Defense and veterans.
Jul 17, 2012
Our job, role and responsibility is to provide some oversight and to try to fix the problem.
Jul 17, 2012
I appreciate the gravity and the task. I can tell in your voice and inflections you are passionate about this issue.
Jul 17, 2012
This is truly bipartisan in our approach. We are all concerned about the health and welfare of our veterans.
Jul 17, 2012
Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers, because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government.
Jul 17, 2012
We exist to secure two fundamental principles: first, Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.
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