Jason Chaffetz

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

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

As I like to say frequently, the United State of America is different from the rest of the world.

I am telling you, that is not what the briefer came and told us.

Where? We have been asking for this for a long time.

Protecting the privacy of this information is up to Congress, and given the reasonable expectations of privacy we have about our location information, the appropriate standard is probable cause.

The word is that it is being taken to the black market, it is just being shot in the field, shooting who knows what, they are taking it home for their own personal use.

I just don't understand how 30 percent, because it says here, the remaining 10 percent is dedicated to maintaining ammunition reserves at both the national and local level.

I just want a number.

I propose that we enact legislation to address uncertainty in the law and provide the appropriate standard.

What does not make sense, in the information you provide, is to suggest that, for instance, Customs and Border Patrol used 14,550,803 million rounds for operational purposes, when they are rarely firing their gun.

we can't always wait for an audit.

I happened to vote against the legislation that created the sequestration, as did the member from Massachusetts.

Doesn't that strike you, does that strike you as excessive?

It is the responsibility of Congress to make these budget cuts more targeted and less likely to put innocent citizens in harm's way.

Our hearts and prayers go out to those in Boston and Massachusetts and all the States where people came from to participate in the marathon. I, in particular, Mr. Speaker, wanted to stand and thank those first responders. They're firemen…

This has to be one of the prime poster child for government contracts spun out of control.

We do not seem to learn these lessons.

I appreciate your passion on this issue. I share it.

We will work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver the facts to the American people and bring genuine reform to the Federal bureaucracy.

It is not like we just went to war for the first time. We spent an awful lot of time in Iraq and we have been in Afghanistan ten plus years.

This kind of stuff going on has to be brought to a halt.

If we are not going to use them, why have them?

My concern is I wonder if we actually learned any of those lessons.

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