Jason Chaffetz

In an era of partisan politics, this legislation represents a significant bipartisan compromise.

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.

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.

I have said as much publicly, and I've also--I think everybody should know, every Member of Congress should know that the House Intelligence Committee is really the only organization within Congress that is set up to be able to do that.

I would think it would be reasonable that in return for that... they would say: Yes. Here's my Instagram account.

It's a joke to think that you're not looking at social media.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, insert after line 10 the following: SEC. 110. PROMPT ISSUANCE OF OIRA GUIDELINES. The…

I want to thank Chairman Goodlatte. I also want to thank Congressman Ratcliffe of Texas. Included in H.R. 5 is the All Economic Regulations Are Transparent Act, or the ALERT Act. I want to highlight that, in the past two Congresses, the…

I know my colleague from Georgia is opposed to this bill, but I do think it is reasonable to give a time frame as to when they are supposed to issue this so it doesn't continue on in perpetuity. I think it is reasonable. To the gentleman's…

I want to thank Mr. Moulton, first and foremost, for his service to our country, serving in the armed services. We really do appreciate that. I can't thank him enough for that service. But I also appreciate him bringing forward this bill…

First, let me note in the last Congress this legislation passed out of committee by regular order and passed the House on January 11, 2016. The Office of Special Counsel is tasked with protecting Federal employees from prohibited personnel…

I urge the passage of this bill, H.R. 69. We have had four good champions led by Mr. Blum of Iowa in our committee who have helped put this together: Mr. Meadows of North Carolina, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, and Mr. Cummings, the ranking…

This is a very good bill brought to us by lead sponsor Mr. Walberg of Michigan who has done considerable work on this not only at this point, but in Congresses of the past. We have cosponsorship from a number of people on both sides of the…

I have no additional speakers. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

I urge its passage. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 73. The question was…

This is a bill that the primary sponsor is actually the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Clay). I reserve the balance of my time in order to allow Mr. Clay to speak first on this issue, Mr. Speaker.

As has been highlighted here by Mr. Clay and by me, there is good bipartisan work that has gone on for far too long. It is time to pass this bill. I really do appreciate the good work Mr. Duncan of Tennessee has done and the work of…

It is a good piece of legislation. I again thank Mr. Clay and Mr. Connolly for their work on this, and I urge its passage. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman…

I would like to thank the Committee on Ways and Means for their work on this bill; and I include committee exchanges of letters into the Record. Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Washington, DC, January 4, 2017. Hon…

I thank the Committee on Ways and Means for their work on the bill, and I include the committee exchange of letters into the Record. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Washington, DC, January 4, 2017…

Again, I thank the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Clay) for his good work on this. The Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2017 was introduced by Representative Clay to help improve the governance and transparency of the Federal…

I have an amendment to the bill at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 18, line 11, strike ``information'' and insert ``informations''. Page 33, line 19, strike…

I want to thank, again, Mrs. Lawrence. I want to thank the ranking member, Mr. Cummings. This is a good, bipartisan issue. It is really a nonpartisan issue. It is to protect Federal employees within the FBI so that they can have the…

Last year alone, classification is estimated to have cost $16 billion.