Jun 13, 2016
whistleblowers who step up and do the difficult thing of saying, hey, there's a problem here, we'll go to the mat for those people.
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 13, 2016
You purposefully, intentionally mislead the secretary. You've got IG reports that you don't respond to.
May 25, 2016
I want to be clear about my motives and intentions. I find it curious when other Members try to prescribe my feelings and my approach to this issue. It is my belief, and support of this legislation is based on the Constitution. It is that…
May 25, 2016
I want to start, Mr. Speaker, by thanking the Delegate from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton). She pours her heart and soul into her passion for this country and certainly for the District itself. We happen to disagree probably on this…
May 24, 2016
I do think he should be impeached. I do think he should get out of government.
May 23, 2016
So until this body begins to incrementally assert itself with impeachment--acknowledge being the ultimate penalty.
May 23, 2016
What Congress really wants is access to the documents and the witnesses, because that is the lifeblood of any investigation.
May 23, 2016
The first question you have to ask is did they destroy documents that were under subpoena. I think the answer is clearly yes.
May 23, 2016
Isn't it a fact that the Senate Finance Committee, the Department of Justice, and the Treasury Inspector General all investigated this alleged IRS scandal that is the subject of this hearing today and each one of those entities found that…
May 23, 2016
The targeting of Americans, the suppression of their First Amendment rights is something I know in a bipartisan way we take very seriously.
May 23, 2016
He has the duty and obligation, a legal obligation, under a subpoena to comply with that subpoena.
May 23, 2016
The Administration knows it can delay and we can't let them get away with it.
May 23, 2016
Did they provide false and misleading testimony to Congress? Yes and on more than one occasion.
May 23, 2016
This is really a simple case, in my mind. When Congress asks you a question, you're expected to give a truthful answer.
May 23, 2016
I believe the Constitution is an inspired document and our Founders put this mechanism in place specifically on civil officers.
May 23, 2016
It's hard to understand nor can I definitively identify the motive. But I also think there is an underlying belief in the executive branch that the legislative branch isn't going to stand up for itself.
May 23, 2016
Yeah, it does appear then that in the case of Lois Lerner that there was a concerted effort to target.
May 23, 2016
I think what we would find is that, in fact, we were lied to in Congress, we were misled in Congress, that there was gross negligence.
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