Jason Chaffetz

I thank the Chairman and thank the Ranking Member for their consideration.

You know what else happened between October 3rd and October 10th? Congressman Chaffetz, sitting in the chair, went to Libya.

It is an embarrassment to the United States of America that we could not get those assets there in time to help those people.

I'm telling you if you look at Glen Doherty, you look at Lieutenant Tyrone Woods, they ran to the sound of the guns.

I always tell my constituents back home, there are more Congressmen in jail for the cover up than there are for the crime.

We need to have public testimony, where the public can judge credibility and find out whether one is credible or the other.

For Al Jazeera to have it a month almost before us is just not acceptable.

The President of the United States said before the American people and said that he would 'I think it is important to find out exactly what happened in Benghazi and I'm happy to cooperate in any way that Congress wants.'

I just love when Americans, ordinary Americans do extraordinary things, and for both of your sons and the others that were involved, we can never forget their service.

One of my fundamental challenges and problems is the United States Congress doesn't have this report.

I find it totally and wholly unacceptable that we don't have the adequate control on something so precious and so visible, so close to the White House as the Lincoln Memorial.

When can you provide to this committee--when I say 'this' committee, both committees, Oversight and Natural Resources, the actual inventory?

The Honorable Jason Chaffetz, a Member of Congress from the State of Utah, Opening Statement.

So you have 2,500 weapons. Why that number? Why 2,500?

Did you sign this memo of August 31st saying: 'I certify that all weapons inventories for which I am responsible have been completed and all weapons records have been reconciled'?

We can't even take care of what we have now.

Chairman Chaffetz, this concludes my testimony today. I would be happy to answer any questions you or other members of the subcommittees may have.

How do you account for the other 600 weapons?

One week sounds reasonable.

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

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

If President Obama wants gun control, he should start with the United States Park Police.

But they are in dispute. Somebody is wrong.

That is a policy we need to revisit.

So how many weapons, then, does the U.S. Park Police have? What is the current inventory?