Jason Chaffetz Quotes

A premium support program is different than a voucher program. They’re just fundamentally different.

Government is not being honest with taxpayers when it renews existing tax breaks and calls them new tax cuts.

While the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes.

When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity’s performance, then employee compensation is probably too low.

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.

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.

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.

I’m trying to unify us internally so that we can – instead of firing on each other – fire on the Democrats and communicate a message and start talking about issues.

Now I get a very nice salary as a member of Congress, but when I’m in Washington, I sleep in my office.

Governor Romney has paid 100 percent of his taxes that are owed. He has complied 100 percent with what the law requires.

If you’re going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.

Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.

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

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.

Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is there for a natural disaster or some other catastrophe.

The time has come for President Obama to formally rescind his order to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and end his irresponsible allegations of injustices at the facility, which operates in a framework that respects the rule of law, keeps terrorists off American soil, and bolsters our national security.

You tell people that the NFL is a nonprofit entity, and they just start laughing and giggling. But it’s not fair.

It doesn’t take a lot of seniority to vote the way you promised to vote.

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.

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

I don’t have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue.

A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.

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

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.

Data indicate that taxpayers may be paying their public servants more than a little too much.

The White House has been noticeably schizophrenic on Guantanamo.

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.

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

I was ranked the second most conservative member in the House.

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.

You shouldn’t turn on C-SPAN to get your sports update.

I ran for Congress because I want to help change the way we do business in Washington, D.C.

Straw purchasing is illegal.

The biggest problem that we have on the face of the planet is Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

There should be a pathway to citizenship – not a special pathway and not no pathway.

You don’t raise taxes in times of such uncertainty.

I’ve always viewed Mitt Romney as a very conservative person.

We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government.

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.

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.