Friday, Speaker John Boehner announced he would resign as Speaker and retire from Congress at the end of October. Following this announcement, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement:
“Speaker Boehner has honorably served this country and I am grateful for his leadership. I thank him for his faithful service to this great country, for the opportunities he has entrusted to me, and for his personal friendship. My best wishes to John, his wife Debbie, and their family.”
