Darrell Issa actually said...

"Certainly no American citizen should have their constitutional and statutory rights withheld by the Government on the basis of their political affiliation, or simply because they criticized the way th..."

"We want to send a message to the IRS that you don't do this to our people. You do not do this to American citizens."

"If the gentleman would yield. For the foreseeable future there is only one person you have to work with on priorities, and that will be the people working for the committee, and I will work with them."

"I think it is incredibly important. But I also think that we have missed the opportunity here because of the chairman's very partisan and one-sided approach to this hearing."