Jason Chaffetz Federal Quotations

We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government.

From December 2007 through June 2009, average federal employee salaries increased by 6.6 percent, while average private-sector salaries increased by 3.9 percent.

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.

Every time we spend a federal dollar, what we're doing is we're pulling money out of somebody's pocket, and we're giving it to somebody else.

In addition to higher pay, federal government employment is far more secure than private-sector employment.