Jason Chaffetz Quotes

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Jason Chaffetz

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 26, 1967

I'm not scared of diversity. We have to have debates and win the argument, and if there are amendments that need to be brought up so we find out where the party is, so be it.

Jason Chaffetz

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.

Jason Chaffetz

I didn't plan on running for speaker, but I don't see anyone else stepping up. I know I'm the underdog.

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I want to fight and win the war on cancer.

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People have seen me fighting everything from 'Fast and Furious' to the IRS on Planned Parenthood to a host of things, Benghazi and others.

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I have worked closely with my Democratic allies. Elijah Cummings is a good friend.

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I think, from the broad political spectrum, not just the Freedom Caucus, I think there is a need for internal reform that is how we bring bills up, getting back to regular order, how we offer amendments or don't offer amendments.

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I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.

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Kevin McCarthy is a good man.

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I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start.

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You've got to speak; you've got to be able to articulate the Republican message to the American people and take that fight to the president, but you also have to bridge internally.

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I want to cut - personally, I want to cut spending. Personally, I just don't believe we can continue to add to the deficit. So, actually, personally, I like the budget cap.

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I got more whistleblowers from the Secret Service than I do anywhere else. And if you look at that department and agency, it's the one place you can never, ever, ever make a mistake - ever.

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What is the government doing or not doing in terms of tracking you, following you, investigating you? And if you're suspicionless, it should be none of the above.

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I'm not going to sit for some painting. That's so 1800s. I'm not doing that.

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I think what we're going to hear is that we didn't meet the basic, minimum standards required for a facility such as the one we had in Benghazi. And the request for more security personnel went unheeded, unanswered, and consequently, you know, you have the death of four Americans.

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Every time we spend a federal dollar, what we're doing is we're pulling money out of somebody's pocket, and we're giving it to somebody else.

Jason Chaffetz

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.

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When your economy is subject to the whims of Libya and Nigeria and Venezuela, you have a problem.

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We have got a - we've got a good federal work force, but we have too many people, and we're paying them too much money.

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