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Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the winner of Utah's 3rd Congressional District, waves as he walks on stage during the Utah State GOP election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz won a hotly contested race Tuesday to become the next chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) speaks as Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, former Secret Service Director W. Ralph Basham and former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Todd Keil testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican who heads the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee overseeing the USAID spending in Afghanistan, told The Washington Times that he first learned of the fund during a heated exchange with the agency's top official in the region last week and immediately thought, "Something here doesn't smell right." (Associated Press)

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Law enforcement investigate the scene of an officer involved shooting on SR-73 in Eagle Mountain Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 that resulted in the death of a Utah County sheriff's deputy according to Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. Chaffetz confirmed through law enforcement sources that an officer died as a result of an afternoon shooting. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Jeffrey D. Allred)

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Law enforcement investigate the scene of an officer involved shooting on SR-73 in Eagle Mountain Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 that resulted in the death of a Utah County sheriff's deputy according to Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. Chaffetz confirmed through law enforcement sources that an officer died as a result of an afternoon shooting. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Jeffrey D. Allred)

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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., left, confers with Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, right, at a House Oversight Committee hearing about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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"I have serious questions regarding fraud in the immigration process," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, speaks May 22, 2013, on Capitol Hill during the committee's hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (Associated Press)

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, hold a press conference at the NASCAR Hall of Fame where the Republicans will respond to Democrat press conferences and other events at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, September 3, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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A spectator takes a photograph of the Romney campaign race car after Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, hold a press conference at the NASCAR Hall of Fame where the Republicans will respond to Democrat press conferences and other events at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, September 3, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, hold a press conference at the NASCAR Hall of Fame where the Republicans will respond to Democrat press conferences and other events at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, September 3, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)