Jason Chaffetz

“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.”

“Until the administration can articulate a coherent and convincing policy for closing Guantanamo, it should remain open.”

“I would support eliminating certain tax breaks that are not economically justifiable if they are offset with reductions in tax rates.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“It doesn't take a lot of seniority to vote the way you promised to vote.”

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

“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.”

“What I don't want to become numb to is wasting those taxpayer dollars.”

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

“A dash of frugality is a good thing for everyone.”

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

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