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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.
I would just point out that these independent agencies need oversight as much as any other agency; and, ultimately, what we are trying to do is provide more transparency, more information to the public. Whether or not they think they are…
Let me mention that the bill does not require any of these agencies to provide new analysis. And I haven't really heard an example or a reason why something would be prohibited in an agency from sharing existing cost-benefit analysis. What…
A week from Friday, or I'll issue a subpoena. And guess what? I don't need a committee vote.
We expect the TSA to turn over all information that's been withheld from the OSC, and we expect that to be done by March 10.
I'd fire that guy. And you know what, until you clean house with the legal folks in your agency, you're going to have a lot of problems.
There is no attorney-client privilege when one government agency is investigating another government agency.
I think it's--violates Federal law. I think it's unacceptable and it's something that now has the full attention of this committee.
If you don't provide those by March 10, I will issue a subpoena, and we'll--then you'll be on the clock.
I think that there's just some misinformation that may be going on, and we can, hopefully, clear that up.
There is no way--we're going to go to the ends of the earth to protect whistleblowers.
A lot happens, very few blow the whistle, but when they blow the whistle, to have 243 people say that there was retaliation is a number that is a flashing red light and scares us.
You have a right in this government, as a government employee, to blow the whistle.
PILT dollars allow local governments provide critical health, education, culture, and emergency services, particularly in my congressional district where we have two national parks and lots of BLM land.
I commend the chairman and the ranking member and my colleagues--Mr. Lynch, Mr. Meadows especially, and of course Ms. Lawrence, who brings so much expertise and experience to this subject--for making this happen.
It is not always that we are able to come together on a bipartisan basis on a major piece of reform legislation.
The Postal Service as we know it is insolvent. This bill is intended to put it back on the road to solvency.
In an era of partisan politics, this legislation represents a significant bipartisan compromise.
I would think it would be reasonable that in return for that... they would say: Yes. Here's my Instagram account.
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