"You tell the voters of Utah that you have a 100 percent record on voting for enforcement on immigration." When in fact Cannon missed that vote and voted "the wrong way" on a few other immigration issues, Chaffetz said. "It's just not true" that Cannon is right on the immigration issue, Chaffetz said.

Cannon then said he has been ranked as one of the most conservative-voting members of Congress, and why does Chaffetz want to replace him when Chaffetz should be running against Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson, who consistently votes with the Democrats all the time? Chaffetz actually lives in Matheson's 2nd District area.

"I'd like to get rid of both of you," Chaffetz said. But Matheson's on the 3rd District ballot this year, not the 2nd District's, he said.

"It is no longer enough to have an 'R' by your name," Chaffetz said. One has to vote like a conservative Republican, too. And Cannon doesn't, he said.

Cannon voted "for the single largest budget, and consequently the single largest deficit in the history of the United States," Chaffetz said. "People like me and others in Utah say you are not carrying the Republican banner."

Cannon said that he's tried to be a leader on any number of energy issues, but that Democrats and Republicans who vote like Democrats have stymied him every time.

"The time to act was 12 years ago, when (Republicans) controlled the presidency and both" houses of Congress, Chaffetz said.

Republicans "didn't act," Chaffetz said, and Republicans across the country are mad at the incumbents in both parties.

On health care, Chaffetz said he likes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's approach. Chaffetz said he wants a private sector solution, and doesn't believe you can mandate that people who lack health insurance must get it.

But Romney's Massachusetts plan is not working, Cannon said.

Cannon said he has made public the budget earmarks he's asked for. But Chaffetz said Cannon didn't do that consistently over the past 12 years and that he will not vote for any earmarks — while Cannon continues to do so.

"It is just not true" that his earmarks are not public, Cannon said. "You do this all the time," he said, meaning Chaffetz' misrepresentation of his record.

Cannon said earmarks should be public, as his are. In reality, earmarks are just Congress telling the bureaucrats where to spend money that is already appropriated. If individual congressmen don't list priorities, the bureaucrats will spend the money their own way, and that is not good, either, he said.

Cannon acknowledged that many Republicans, even those in the 3rd District, are not happy these days. But he said his job approval ratings are actually getting better as the primary election wears on, despite Chaffetz continually misrepresenting his record.

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