Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
Darrell Edward Issais the Republican U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, serving since 2001. The districtcovers the northern coastal areas of San Diego County, including cities such as Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad and Encinitas, as well as a small portion of southern Orange County. From January 2011 to January 2015 he served as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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If there was a blog with five listeners or viewers, I had to be on it. Now I have to be on fewer media, but more substantive media.
Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack.
Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining.
I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.
I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.
Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.
Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.
Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence.
Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.
It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption
I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.