Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is there for a natural disaster or some other catastrophe.
Jason Chaffetz
I went to Brigham Young University on a football scholarship. I wasn't a football player; I was a place kicker.
What I don't want to become numb to is wasting those taxpayer dollars.
When you're on a football scholarship, you get a stipend that's supposed to cover your rent and a few incidentals. It was $360 a month. This was the late 1980s, and the NCAA has an interesting rule where you're not allowed to supplement your income with a part-time job.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.
From the time I roll out of the cot at 6 A.M. to the time I fall asleep after midnight, I get to do what I love nonstop.
I've always viewed Mitt Romney as a very conservative person.
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.
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.
I didn't plan on running for speaker, but I don't see anyone else stepping up. I know I'm the underdog.
I want to fight and win the war on cancer.
I have the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like.
Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.
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.
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.
The biggest problem that we have on the face of the planet is Iran getting a nuclear weapon.
A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.
You tell people that the NFL is a nonprofit entity, and they just start laughing and giggling. But it's not fair.
I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.
In addition to higher pay, federal government employment is far more secure than private-sector employment.
CNN has given me a platform to share my experiences. My Web site, YouTube Channel and Facebook page have exposed me to thousands of voters who share my concerns. My lack of seniority has not impeded my ability to communicate in any way.
There has to be a better, smarter way to authenticate who somebody is. Social Security numbers are floating out there everywhere.
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.
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.
Straw purchasing is illegal.
I'm an optimist.
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.
I don't have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue.
A premium support program is different than a voucher program. They're just fundamentally different.
I was ranked the second most conservative member in the House.
My challenge to members on both sides of the aisle is to stand up and have the integrity to say that we have a dead U.S. agent; we have a Department of Justice that lied to Congress.
You don't raise taxes in times of such uncertainty.
Federal spending is atrocious.
Governor Romney has paid 100 percent of his taxes that are owed. He has complied 100 percent with what the law requires.
Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime.
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.
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.
People have seen me fighting everything from 'Fast and Furious' to the IRS on Planned Parenthood to a host of things, Benghazi and others.
I have worked closely with my Democratic allies. Elijah Cummings is a good friend.
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.
Kevin McCarthy is a good man.
I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start.
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'm not going to sit for some painting. That's so 1800s. I'm not doing that.
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.
When your economy is subject to the whims of Libya and Nigeria and Venezuela, you have a problem.
