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Darrell Issa

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Darrell Edward Issa is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party and previously served in Congress from 2001 to 2019, representing California's 49th congressional district. Throughout his political career, Issa has been known for his focus on free enterprise and has been involved in various legislative efforts related to business and economic issues.

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Mar 3, 2025

Today I will nominate @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize. No one deserves it more.

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Mar 3, 2025

I am nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Feb 11, 2025

Again, a new administration is acting quicker than any other administration in modern history.

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Feb 10, 2025

They want us to deal with it, and we’re doing so and the president’s leading.

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Feb 10, 2025

My federal workers are also taxpayers, and even if they may want to preserve their job, they’ll be the first to tell me that they’re tired of going to a post office with surly attitudes, bad delivery and nothing to show for it.

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Dec 12, 2024

We often hear the term ``country before party'' here in the House and throughout our country. It is clear we didn't hear that here yet today on the other side of the aisle. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman…

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Sep 9, 2024

For the mothers who lost their children here today, I will tell you it would have been avoidable. It would have been avoidable if we had the mass deportation of people illegally here.

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Sep 9, 2024

Yes, Mexico is our ally but Mexico is an ally that violates international law by allowing these people to come in without visas.

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Sep 9, 2024

We had 10, 12, 14 million illegals in this country before this President came in, and we hadn't been able to clear them out in years.

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Sep 9, 2024

We are not enforcing the law. We have over 22 million illegals and we still have shortages of farm labor.

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Sep 9, 2024

There are laws for a reason, and we have safety for those reasons. When you don't enforce the laws, safety is no longer in existence.

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Sep 9, 2024

We will need a mass deportation. The priority, of course, should be criminal aliens.

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Sep 5, 2024

We live in a sanctuary city area--Los Angeles and San Diego. We live in a sanctuary State.

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Sep 5, 2024

It is a bunch of nonsense. The criminals, we hear them saying, we cannot go into Riverside County with drugs because they prosecute people there.

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Sep 5, 2024

Yesterday we also introduced to the House of Representatives the Sanctuary City Accountability Act.

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Sep 5, 2024

I do not have a problem with Catholic Charities and other NGO's providing some assistance on a compassionate, humanitarian basis but why the taxpayer would address the needs of people who have entered unlawfully who seem to have some money…

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Jul 22, 2024

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Jul 22, 2024

I join my colleague from New York in urging that this bipartisan bill be passed. Mr. Speaker, I will close simply by saying it is seldom that people come before this body saying: I have something that will cost the government little or…

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Jul 8, 2024

There is nothing more powerful than the truth. When people have the freedom to choose their own destiny, they will always choose freedom.

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Jul 8, 2024

If our Republican colleagues are serious about the investigation they have undertaken on USAGM and its broadcasters, then they should be transparent and let the facts speak for themselves.

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Jul 8, 2024

We do not want you to be propaganda. We do know that people take great risk, but we also know that the Voice of America and its other namesakes are, in fact, supposed to be the voice of an American position of liberty.

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Jul 8, 2024

I believe in your organization, and I believe that the hardworking men and women, many of whom aren't Americans, that are across the globe and they are operating, trying to bring the truth to people.

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Jul 8, 2024

The U.S. Agency for Global Media must serve as a voice of what Ronald Reagan called the shining city on a hill.

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Jul 8, 2024

Your definition has to be consistent with a mandate that comes from Congress and a tradition that I think everyone on both sides of the aisle here today can be supportive of.

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Jun 27, 2024

The good intent of my colleague from Florida cannot diminish the fact that administration after administration, State Department after State Department, and the Department of Defense under both this and the previous administration…

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