Darrell Issa actually said...

"I agree with the gentleman, by the way, that we should not be in shutdown, that the important work of the EPA and other agencies, we would like to have them back to work as soon as possible."

"This government shutdown is a disgrace. It is a waste of the American people's time."

"Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government."

"We want to find out how top officials at the EPA under multiple administrations for more than a decade never verified that a man who said he's a secret agent of the CIA--never verified that he was."