1. Jason E. Chaffetz was born March 26, 1967, in Los Gatos, California, to John and Margaret "Peggy" Chaffetz.

2. Chaffetz received his bachelor's degree in communications in 1989 from Brigham Young University, where he was a football placekicker.

3. Chaffetz and his wife Julie married in 1991 and have three children: Max, Ellis and Kate. The couple's first date involved going on a tour of a TV studio followed by having frozen yogurt. His now-wife said she realized shortly thereafter that Chaffetz spent no money on the date, due to his working weekends at the studio and using coupons for free dessert.

4. Chaffetz's father's first marriage ended in divorce. John's first wife, Kitty, later married Michael Dukakis, and prior to becoming a Republican, Chaffetz helped run Dukakis' 1988 Democratic presidential campaign in Utah.

5. Chaffetz worked as a volunteer and then campaign manager for Jon Huntsman Jr.'s 2004 run for Utah governor; after Huntsman took office, Chaffetz became his chief of staff – a job that he held for less than a year, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.

6. After Chaffetz came to Congress to represent Utah's 3rd Congressional District in 2009, he and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., took part in CNN's "Freshman Year" series, showing what the first year of serving in Congress looks like. Known for his fiscal conservatism, Chaffetz has been known for sleeping on a cot in his office. "From the time I roll out of the cot at 6 a.m. to the time I fall asleep after midnight, I get to do what I love nonstop," Chaffetz wrote on CNN.com in February 2010. By 2017, when he announced he would not seek re-election, Chaffetz seemed to have changed his tune: “I’m turning 50 and I’m sleeping on a cot,” he said. “Maybe it’s time to re-evaluate my life.”

7. Chaffetz has drawn ire for saying low-income Americans could have to choose between health care and buying an iPhone under the GOP's health care plan, and for opposing District of Columbia initiatives on assisted suicide and marijuana legalization. (The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, of which he became chairman in 2015, maintains jurisdiction over the nation's capital.)

8. In early 2017, Chaffetz co-sponsored a bill to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, saying that states should determine how to best teach their students.

9. Chaffetz is known to have patronized District of Columbia restaurants such as Good Stuff Eatery, Five Guys and We, The Pizza. "I'm not keen on chocolate, but I do like all things fried," Chaffetz has said.