CHAFFETZ, JASON

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: Experience: House: District 3, 2009-Present; Home State: Utah; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,057,270Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Jason Chaffetz

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Julie; 3 Children: Max, Ellis, Kate

Birth Date: 03/26/1967

Birth Place: Los Gatos, CA

Home City: Alpine, UT

Religion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Education

BA, Communications, Brigham Young University, 1989

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2008-present

Campaign Manager, John Huntsman, Jr, 2004

Current Legislative Committees

Judiciary, Member

Oversight and Government Reform, Chair

Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, Member

Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, Member

Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Co-Founder, Sunset Caucus

Member, Western Caucus

Professional Experience

President, Maxtera Utah

Chief of Staff, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr, 2005

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Utah Valley Board of Trustees, 2007-2008

Total: 1

Chaffetz Introduces Legislation to Help Pet Owners Save Money

07/23/2015

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General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive
17. Keep God in the public sphere	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.

Total: 139

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/08/2013	H.R.883	To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain veterans who were discharged or released from the Armed Forces by reason of service-connected disability to transfer benefits under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.	03/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (All Actions)
02/28/2013	H.R.884	Members of Congress Tax Accountability Act of 2013	02/28/2013 Referred to House Rules (All Actions)
02/25/2013	H.R.252	Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2013	02/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. (All Actions)
01/22/2013	H.R.327	Accountability of Taxpayer Funding for Afghanistan Fuels Act of 2013	01/22/2013 Referred to House Foreign Affairs (All Actions)
01/15/2013	H.R.256	Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2013	01/15/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
01/15/2013	H.R.248	Presidential Allowance Modernization Act	01/15/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
10/02/2012	H.R.6480	Internet Radio Fairness Act of 2012	10/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. (All Actions)
09/21/2012	H.R.6485	Accountability of Taxpayer Funding for Afghanistan Fuels Act of 2012	09/21/2012 Referred to House Foreign Affairs (All Actions)
08/01/2012	H.R.828	Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012	08/01/2012 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
07/24/2012	H.R.4484	Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act	07/24/2012 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
05/30/2012	H.R.460	Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act	05/30/2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356. (All Actions)
05/17/2012	H.R.2168	GPS Act	05/17/2012 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
03/29/2012	H.R.3579	Review Every Dollar Act of 2011	03/29/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
01/23/2012	H.R.3012	Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011	01/23/2012 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293. (All Actions)
03/21/2012	H.R.665	Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act of 2012	03/21/2012 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
02/28/2012	H.R.4093	Presidential Allowance Modernization Act	02/28/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
01/13/2012	H.R.461	South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act	01/13/2012 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291. (All Actions)
10/25/2011	H.R.1126	Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011	10/25/2011 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
10/21/2011	H.R.3156	Consumer Debit Card Protection Act	10/21/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. (All Actions)
09/08/2011	H.R.2118	To amend the National Labor Relations Act relating to the authority to enjoin State laws that are preempted by or conflict with such Act.	09/08/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)

Total: 979

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/18/2017	H.R.2227	MGT Act
05/18/2017	H.Res.259	Expressing concern and condemnation over the political, economic, social, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
05/17/2017	H.R.1005	To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans.
05/10/2017	H.J.Res.36	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation".	Passed	Yea
05/05/2017	H.R.2193	Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2195	OSC Access Act
05/01/2017	H.R.2004	Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act
04/13/2017	H.J.Res.43	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.	Passed	Aye
04/07/2017	H.Res.266	Designating the week of April 15, 2017, through April 23, 2017, as "National Park Week".
04/06/2017	H.R.1346	To repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".
04/05/2017	H.R.1778	To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.
04/04/2017	H.R.702	Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017
03/30/2017	H.R.1431	EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
03/30/2017	H.R.1430	HONEST Act	Passed	Aye
03/30/2017	H.R.732	Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017
03/29/2017	H.R.1698	Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
03/27/2017	H.J.Res.44	Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.	Passed	Yea
03/29/2017	H.R.26	Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
03/28/2017	H.R.24	Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
03/27/2017	H.R.1495	Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

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