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Jason Chaffetz

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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.

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Jul 9, 2012

This is a good, commonsense, bipartisan bill. I appreciate both these gentlemen who spoke here earlier for their work on this, Mr. Denham and Mr. Walz. The Veteran Skills to Jobs Act, H.R. 4155, it makes sense, it's good government, it's…

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Jul 9, 2012

We are here today to discuss H.R. 4155, the Veteran Skills to Jobs Act, introduced by Mr. Denham of California. I really appreciate the approach that this is taking with jobs and the economic environment as such. This is a commonsense…

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Jul 4, 2012

I think there's still some outstanding issues. But it was wrong, it doesn't look right, it doesn't smell right because it wasn't right.

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Jul 4, 2012

Well, the Ethics Committee in general is fairly impotent. Usually, it's -- the voters have to deal with this and make these types of decisions.

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Jul 4, 2012

It was wrong, it doesn't look right, it doesn't smell right because it wasn't right, Anderson.

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Jul 4, 2012

Well, as you said, it's very difficult to legislate common sense.

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Jul 4, 2012

Well, there was no quid pro quo. We could not directly tie somebody's vote directly to getting this benefit as the report points out.

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Jul 4, 2012

It doesn't look right, it doesn't smell right because it wasn't right, Anderson.

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Jul 4, 2012

It does, particularly when you're on the committees that are charged with maybe tightening up the rules and regulations, because we were dealing with all these bad loans and whatnot.

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Jul 4, 2012

It would be as if I went to interview the head of Countrywide and I spent the first 30 minutes of the interview or before the cameras are rolling complaining about my personal mortgage to the guy and then get directed to some program. I…

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