Accountability
We must hold elected officials accountable for how they vote and demand the highest standards of ethics and decency. We must also hold citizens accountable for their actions instead of rescuing them from their choices.
- Ethics. I believe elected officials should be held to the highest standard. Voters should not tolerate ethical breaches from elected officials.
- Immigration. We can’t reward illegal behavior. We must hold people accountable when they break our laws. Our government has a duty and responsibility to make our first immigration priority the enforcement of existing laws by ensuring that illegal behavior is punished, not rewarded. Any discussion of comprehensive immigration reform must begin with a renewed commitment to enforce our immigration laws. We need to remove the incentives that encourage illegal behavior if we expect to get immigration under control.
- Abortion. I believe all human life is sacred. I support overturning Roe v. Wade to allow states the right to set their own abortion policies.
- Federal Marriage Amendment. The strength of our families is the strength of our nation. Marriage is defined between one man and one woman, there is no other suitable definition or substitute. This is not a political issue, it is a moral one. I will continue to oppose efforts at both the state as well as the national levels to redefine the marriage covenant.
Below are some of many bills that I have sponsored or co-sponsored that reflect my commitment to: Accountability
HR 4735 - To fire federal employees with seriously delinquent tax debt
HR 5539 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2010
HR 4484 - Preventing criminals from being census enumerators
HR 3167 - To allow mail carriers to serve in enumerator positions for the US Census
HR 2353 - To require electric utilities to notify electric consumers of the cost of emission allowances associated with the electricity
ˆHR 3547 - Renaming a post office the “Rex E. Lee Post Office Building”
HR 4653 - Accurate Accounting of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
HR 4219 - Establishing a National Commission to investigate stimulus spending
^HR 4621 - Prevent Deceptive Census Mailings Act
H Res 847 - Calling for transparent meetings to craft national health care legislation
HR 1207 - Federal Reserve Transparency Act
H Res 521 - Calling for a census that is complete and accurate
HR 1176 - Secret Ballot Protection Act
HR 1472 - TARP and ARRA Reporting and Waste Prevention Act
HR 1577 - To pursue legal means to recoup or stay AIG bonuses
HR 3226 - Czar Accountability and Reform Act
H Res 199 - Providing that Congress should stop passing massive government bailouts
H Res 272 - Strike the Gephardt Rule and instead provide that any measure that increases the statutory limit on the public debt shall be stand alone and require a recorded voice vote
H Res 440 - Strengthen public disclosure requirements of all earmark requests
H Res 554 - Requiring that legislation be available online for 72 hours before being considered
HR 557 - United Nations Transparency, Accountability and Reform Act
HR 983 - Government Neutrality in Contracting Act
H Con Res 185 - Expressing the sense of Congress that “czars” be held accountable to Congress
H Res 835 - Provide for transparency in the committee amendment process
H Res 847 - Expressing the sense of the House that meetings to draft national health care legislation be conducted in public
H Res 874 - Requiring all committees post records of votes online within 48 hours
HR 3613 - Transparency and Executive Accountability Act
HR 3828 - Suspend ACORN Certification Act
HR 4219 - National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
^HR 5148 - Clarifying when the word “census” may appear on mail
HR 5238 - Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 2010
HR 5092 - To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes
Immigration
H Res 1026 - Calling for border enforcement, mandatory E-Verify, and rejecting amnesty
HR 2083 - Border Sovereignty and Protection Act
HR 1753 - One Strike Act
HR 997 - English Language Unity Act
HR 1868 - Birthright Citizenship Act
HR 3289 - Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act
~HR 1029 - Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act
HR 3797 - Fairness in Representation Act
HR 3676 - Improving Methods to Promote the Verification of Employability Status Act
HR 2287 - No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2010
Families
HJ Res 72 - Disapproving the DC marriage equality law
HR 4430 - DC Referendum on Marriage Act
HR 4603 - Haitian Orphan Placement Effort Act
HJ Res 37 - Constitutional amendment relating to marriage
HR 213 - Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act
HR 2706 - Young Children Social Security Number Protection
HR 878 - Nuclear Family Priority Act
HR 614 - Abortion Provider Prohibition Act
~HR 515 - Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
HR 1015 - District of Columbia – Maryland Reunion Act
HR 2608 - Defining marriage in Washington, DC
H Con Res 169 - Expressing a sense of Congress that a public option insurance plan not fund abortion
Bills listed in bold were sponsored by Jason Chaffetz. All others were co-sponsored.
*Bill passed the House as an amendment to another bill
^Bills signed into law in which Jason Chaffetz was the sponsor or an important cosponsor
~Bills passed by the House in which Jason Chaffetz was the sponsor or an important cosponsor
