Jason Chaffetz

We thank you, Mr. Schuster, for your time and participation here today.

Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights.

I'd like to harken back to the comments of President Obama on January 20, 2010. Make no mistake; the President was talking about delinquent contractors, not specifically about Federal workers. But I want you, as you listen to the…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, only in Washington, DC, can we say that this is not a serious issue. We're talking about 107,000 people and a billion dollars in uncollected taxes when the very Americans that are paying their paychecks…

Under current law the President can unilaterally designate national monuments on Federal land outside of Alaska or Wyoming without any check or balance from the U.S. Congress.

I appreciate the opportunity to talk about H.R. 250, which would reform the Antiquities Act of 1906 by requiring congressional approval of any national monument designated by the President.

I thank Chairman Issa, Speaker Boehner, and Leader Cantor for their support in allowing us to bring this piece of legislation, a piece of legislation that has come before this body before. This is not a new topic. This is not something…

Congress passed the Antiquities Act in 1906 with the intent of preserving archeological sites, mainly Indian ruins and artifacts on small parcels of land that required immediate protection.

This bill doesn't threaten the Federal employees. It only threatens the Federal employees who don't pay their Federal taxes. You pay your taxes because you get your income from the taxpayers. It doesn't affect you. What I hear continually…

There are 107,000 people who haven't paid about $1 billion in taxes. To suggest there isn't a problem is, I think, factually without merit.

Actually, at this time, what I would like to do is yield back and respond based on the other comments.

For example, just weeks before the 1996 election, President Clinton designated more than 1.7 million acres--that is a lot of land.

Unfortunately, Presidents have used the Antiquities Act for purposes clearly beyond its original intent of preserving small parcels of land containing Indian artifacts that were being looted and vandalized and required immediate protection.

I thank Chairman Issa for his unyielding support in pursuit of good government. And I thank him for his support of this piece of legislation moved forward. I also thank Ranking Member Cummings, in working with him and his staff, and…

I want to thank the bipartisan support that we've had in the passage of this legislation and urge its support. H.R. 254 is a win for Federal taxpayers, the environment, and energy users. This bill allows for the development of 50 megawatts…

We need to have a comprehensive strategy to secure the border and part of that strategy has to be a measurement system that makes sense.

On rollcall No. 74 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes…

I wholeheartedly endorse your concept of unifying our Trusted Traveler programs into one well-branded, simple-to-understand entry program.

I, along with Representative Richmond and Lowey, introduced H.R. 1455.

I think, clearly, with the one example of Mr. Gerst's testimony, we have exemplified the idea that there is a major problem here. It is a Federal problem. It is something that can be remedied. It is something that must be addressed.

One of the assertions that he said is that we have to be careful that we are protecting the little guy so that they have some resources and the ability to go after some of the big boys. But then we also have to make sure that there is some…

I feel that memories of that day and the lessons learned have begun to fade.

I look forward to hearing from all the witnesses we have here today.

The Government Accountability Office recently reported that TSA's evaluation of contract screeners are insufficient.

It cost taxpayers 46 percent more to use contract screeners at Rochester International Airport in 2012.