Jason Chaffetz Quotes
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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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A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.
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Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.
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I'm an optimist.
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If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.
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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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Straw purchasing is illegal.
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I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start.
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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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High tax rates distort economic decision making, and our corporate income tax rate is one of the highest in the world.
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The biggest problem that we have on the face of the planet is Iran getting a nuclear weapon.
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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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The American people deserve a blueprint for policymaking that is built upon the Constitution of the United States and the principles of fiscal discipline, limited government, accountability, and a strong national defense.
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My mother, she passed away when I was 28 years old. She fought cancer for more than 10 years. She had breast cancer, and I miss her.
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It doesn't take a lot of seniority to vote the way you promised to vote.
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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.
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When Steny Hoyer brings up a resolution to support and recognize the University of Maryland men's basketball team - I'm not making this up - before we even had March madness, then you just know that it's just political favoritism.
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There has to be a better, smarter way to authenticate who somebody is. Social Security numbers are floating out there everywhere.
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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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Government is not being honest with taxpayers when it renews existing tax breaks and calls them new tax cuts.
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A premium support program is different than a voucher program. They're just fundamentally different.
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You don't raise taxes in times of such uncertainty.
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You shouldn't turn on C-SPAN to get your sports update.
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Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is there for a natural disaster or some other catastrophe.