Darrell Issa actually said...

"Everyone knows this rule stinks. Everyone knows except the IRS."

"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..."

"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."

"So that is a precious freedom that we need to protect, and the IRS, in its recent approach, is threatening that very freedom and that is a danger that we have to be together in opposing on both sides ..."