Jason Chaffetz

I can tell you as long as the people of Utah put me in this position, I will push the Department of Defense to do this.

I really do believe with the hundreds of billions of dollars allocated to the Department of Defense, if there was a will, the Department of Defense would find a way to do it.

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

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

I like what President Ronald Reagan said, 'Trust but verify.'

I think it is vital to us to have the proper oversight within these departments.

But if they refuse to do their job, if they refuse to actually--and the White House is just going to sit here, giddy, with that silly little smirk, and laugh about it like we can't do anything about it, then we make no progress, and that…

We should err on the side of making sure that we are giving these contracts to those who truly deserve and should be awarded those.

I had asked you if you had spoken to President Obama, Secretary Clinton, or Secretary Napolitano.

I think when you add all that up, it's clearly Mitt Romney. And the sooner that we can get on to focusing entirely on Barack Obama, the better.

It makes you stronger going into the general election. Not only the candidates themselves, but the organizations, the staff, the fundraising, all of that becomes very important.

The only person in the race at this point that has the experience to make that happen is Mitt Romney because he fundamentally understands government doesn't create jobs, people and entrepreneurs do and I think Mitt Romney relates to those…

I find that totally unacceptable. This is a massive, massive effort. It is going to take some leadership and some help from the White House.

I have no additional speakers. I just want to, again, thank Chairman Smith. I also want to recognize the good work and the working relationship that I have with Ms. Lofgren of California and the gentleman from Illinois, Luis Gutierrez, who…

I guess the concern is you have had this report since February, and I just would appreciate an update.

These firms' activities were detailed in a report from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies to the administration in February.

While the gentleman from Maryland and I may disagree on the statistics of the number of Federal employees, I think we can be united in supporting this bill, H.R. 2061. There are so many good people who are doing the right thing, they're…

The Administration is making a very concerted effort to diminish those funds, put them down to a point where they are starting to approach zero.

The States are having to live with the consequences of the Federal Government not doing its job.

Illegal immigration truly is the fault of the Federal Government, isn't that correct?

The current land disposal and exchange system is broken.

Federal land ownership is a heated, but critical, topic in my home state of Utah, and I appreciate the Committee for holding a hearing and advancing this dialogue.

It is neither logical nor responsible for the Federal government to own and manage surplus lands.

What is the value? How much have they purchased?

It is totally unacceptable to think that our troops would be there without immunity as they enjoy currently.