Jason Chaffetz
Jason Chaffetz
Jason E. Chaffetzis the U.S. representative for Utah's 3rd congressional district, first elected in 2008. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is also the chairman of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 March 1967
CountryUnited States of America
people income economy
If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.
illegal purchasing straws
Straw purchasing is illegal.
sage doe protection
The only good place for a sage grouse to be listed is on the menu of a French bistro. It does not deserve federal protection, period.
thinking people want
You know, I think what people want more than anything is they just want people to do what they say they're going to do.
cutting thinking talking
I really truly worry that the debt is one of the single biggest threat to the United States of America, that we're talking about a problem that is multi-trillion in its depth and I think we ought to be cutting more.
support different program
A premium support program is different than a voucher program. They're just fundamentally different.
spending federal-spending
Federal spending is atrocious.
ceiling change committee means offer personal raise spending trajectory ways
The only way you can raise the debt ceiling is to change the trajectory of spending - that's my personal preference. But I want the Ways and Means Committee to offer up a solution.
believe cost drive home pursuing resources solve truly
There are those of us that believe if you truly want to try drive down the cost of gas, if you really want to solve the problem, then you should be pursuing the extraction of our resources that are right here at home: alternative energy and traditional.
closely good worked
I have worked closely with my Democratic allies. Elijah Cummings is a good friend.
admiration respect
I have the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like.
business change congress ran
I ran for Congress because I want to help change the way we do business in Washington, D.C.
addition far federal government higher secure
In addition to higher pay, federal government employment is far more secure than private-sector employment.
corporate distort high highest income rates
High tax rates distort economic decision making, and our corporate income tax rate is one of the highest in the world.