Representative Chaffetz News Today

The Pi Day bill went up for a vote today and passed 391-10. Now Congressman Jason Chaffetz explains (via Twitter, natch) why he dared vote against the hallowed number:

Cooperate with representative chaffetz who you quoted earlier as saying he has requested that the fbi turn over any memos, any recordings about the conversations between president trump and former fbi director comey. i think the question that we posed to sean spicer today and other people at the white house is what kind of recordings are there? have they seen these memos? and to what extent is there documentation of at least three conversations that we know already that they have had based on pr...

>> are we going to be talking about this for the next eight days? >> and probably for the next 48 years maybe. if hillary clinton is elected, this is sort of a preview, i think, of what well see in terms of investigations. representative chaffetz has already talked about that and the oversight they want to take in terms of investigating hillary clinton. so this is just an appetizer. >> its sort of up to us what we talk about, isnt it? >> whatever interests the american public. stay with us. comi...

Thanks for having me. >> kevin mccarthy dropping out of contention. who does that leave to fill the speakership? >> youve got people like representative chaffetz. youve got people like representative webster. i think that the other two people to watch are trey gowdy and jeb hensarling the latter being a rising tea party star from texas. he is also the chairman of the house financial services committee. but dara, i got to be honest, lots of pressure on representative paul ryan this morning, despi...

Population has quadrupled and many of the offenses the punishment doesnt fit the crime. gr the presidents visit is unprecedented for a number of reasons. the strikes a change in tone. in 1980 we had 500,000 people behind bars. now we have 2.2 million. before, there was such a tough on crime attitude that it impacted policy and the war on drugs, which many would say would be a war on poverty and people of color, especially. so this week as president obama engages in what could be kind of called a...

Of that attack. jon: the quote from the white house press spokesman jay carney, he says im sure the white house is not preventing anyone from speaking. but senator graham seems to dispute that. >> reporter: right. he says point belong that theyve been told to be quiet. and they are fearful. so i think this will, from that interview on friday, that we had with senator graham and over the weekend obviously he talked more about it. others have talked about it. representative chaffetz and wolf, othe...

that matters. >> its popular music, i wouldnt know. >> you stick in the mud. we have no idea who that is but we support them anyway. im feeling very kumbaya this morning. john fugelsang, political comedian and will cain is back, a columnist at theblaze.com and kelly goth, contributing editor for loop21.com and wrote a great moment. >> "the gq candidate." my goodness you just made my publisher a happy camper. if you like political novels its a fun one. >> i do. our starting point focu...