Darrell Issa actually said...

"I have been down to the border, and I would hope that all the Federal judges would take the opportunity to see the work that is done at the border."

"But the reality is that they do not do full en bancs. They have never done--during your now-long tenure as a Federal judge--29 judges meeting to consider a case."

"So, the idea of 'bigger is better' does not particularly play in the Eastern District."

"During the post-retirement tenure of Byron White, Justice White, he did a commission that suggested breaking administratively the Ninth Circuit into functional subsystems."