Jason Chaffetz
- Fox News Contributor, Best-Selling Author
- Former U.S. Congressman (UT)
- Chairman of Oversight & Government Reform Committee
Congressman Jason Chaffetz is currently a contributor on Fox News Networks, appearing regularly on Fox News and Fox Business channels, including frequent guest host appearances for Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Sunday Morning Futures, and Fox & Friends. He also hosts the Jason In The House podcast distributed by Fox News. The Congressman is the author...
read the restCongressman Jason Chaffetz is currently a contributor on Fox News Networks, appearing regularly on Fox News and Fox Business channels, including frequent guest host appearances for Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Sunday Morning Futures, and Fox & Friends. He also hosts the Jason In The House podcast distributed by Fox News.
The Congressman is the author of three books published by HarperCollins’ Broadside Books. The Deep State was a New York Times Best Seller and Amazon Best Seller. Power Grab was also a New York Times and Amazon Bestseller. Most recently They Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste was an Amazon Bestseller. A fourth book is slated to be released in 2023.
Jason Chaffetz was elected to the United States Congress in 2008 from the Third District of Utah and served until 2017. Chaffetz was selected by his peers to be Chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee after three terms, only the fifth time in 100 years a three-term representative has ascended to such a position. As chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, he oversaw the second largest committee in the House and spearheaded some of nation’s highest profile government investigations.
Congressman Chaffetz also served on the House Judiciary, Budget, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security Committees.
In 2017, Chaffetz joined Harvard University as a Resident Fellow at the Kennedy School, Institute of Politics. In 2021, Chaffetz joined the Government Accountability Institute as a Distinguished Fellow. At the Heritage Foundation, the Congressman is the Honorary Chairman of the Oversight Project. He also currently serves on the National Board of Advisors for the Freedom Festival based in Provo, Utah.
Prior to his congressional service, from 2003 – 2005 he was campaign manager and then Chief of Staff to Utah Governor Jon Huntsman.
In 2006, Governor Huntsman appointed Chaffetz to serve on the Board of Trustees for Utah Valley State College which transitioned to Utah Valley University during his tenure.
A former placekicker on the Brigham Young University football team, Chaffetz set five new school records, earned his BA in Communications in 1989, and then joined the local business community for 16 years. For the first ten years he worked in a variety of roles at Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS), including serving as General Manager in Australia and New Zealand, before forming his own marketing and consulting company prior to his public service.
He and his wife Julie have been married since 1991 and have three adult children and four grandchildren.
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