Quotes from Jason Chaffetz

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I want to fight and win the war on cancer.

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

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

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

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

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.

High tax rates distort economic decision making, and our corporate income tax rate is one of the highest in the world.

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

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

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

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

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

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

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

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.

The fundamental problem is that President Obama has grown government. He has grown the private sector jobs.

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.

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