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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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Jun 28, 2012

Nothing's changed in over a year. But I will tell you this: Brian Terry doesn't have answers. You don't have answers. I don't have answers. I want all the facts. That's what we're asking for today, the facts, all of them.

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Jun 28, 2012

The record will reflect that in a bipartisan way, the Acting Director of the ATF, the person that was actually appointed by President Obama, was deposed by both Democrats and Republicans about a year ago for 2 days around July 4. It was 2…

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Jun 28, 2012

Leader Pelosi seriously questioned our motivations here. Let me be crystal clear what my motivation is. We have a dead United States agent. We have more than 200 dead people in Mexico. We have more than 2,000 weapons that were knowingly…

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Jun 28, 2012

Despite what has been said here, it is the duty and obligation of this body to address a duly issued subpoena that has not been complied with. There has not been full compliance here. There has not been cooperation here. There has not been…

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Jun 28, 2012

The reason I am so passionate about this issue is that it's about openness, it's about transparency, it's about the idea that there is no one person in our government that's above the law; that when you have a duly issued subpoena, you…

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Jun 27, 2012

I first want to applaud and thank the committee for their work. They've reached the laudable goal of reducing the overall expenditures by $4 billion. And that is much appreciated and noted. I just happen to think we can do just a little…

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Jun 27, 2012

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 89, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $396,000,000)''. Page 89, line 15, after the dollar amount…

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Jun 27, 2012

We do believe that this bill would allow people a better experience. There will be better maintenance, better control of this to make sure that the community of all sorts can enjoy this.

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Jun 27, 2012

Thank you, Chairman. I am here to testify on behalf of H.R. 4484, which is the Y Mountain Access and Enhancement Act.

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Jun 27, 2012

This was introduced in a bipartisan way, and myself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Flake, and Mr. McKeon introduced this bill, which has good, broad community support.

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Jun 19, 2012

I want to thank Chairman Hastings, my colleague, the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Bishop, for his support in this bill that we introduced, the section that will be included in this bill dealing with the Diamond Fork System. In Utah…

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Jun 18, 2012

I think it is also important that the Congress stand up for itself and not allow an Administration--I don't care which party it is involved with--allow just simple rulemaking to push through the process and not allow the back and forth and…

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