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Congressman Jason Chaffetz urges federal restraint, outlines Utah projects during House visit
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U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz told the Utah House on Feb. 8, 2010 that rising federal spending and debt threaten national fiscal stability and highlighted federal projects and land bills affecting Utah, including an impending environmental impact statement for the Narrows and an NSA facility near Camp Williams.
U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz addressed the Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 8, 2010, urging federal restraint on spending and outlining several federal projects and policy priorities for Utah. Chaffetz told lawmakers the federal budget and repeated debt-ceiling increases have raised national borrowing and interest costs, and he urged local leaders to press for restoring state control over some federal lands and programs.
Chaffetz told the chamber that when Democrats gained control of Congress in 2007 the federal budget was about $2.7 trillion…
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