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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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Sep 22, 2016

More than 90 percent of the American people support this kind of legislation, yet we have been unable to even get a vote or even a debate in the United States Senate.

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Sep 20, 2016

I will refrain from asking about large nonprofits that might have taken and been influenced by foreign government contributions.

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Sep 12, 2016

And with 50 percent of all patents going through the Eastern District of Texas, although this case, oddly enough, is an Indiana versus Delaware case, this could decide very much the reallocation of suits to be more broadly throughout the…

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Jul 11, 2016

Former Secretary of State in an unambiguous way said repeatedly both under oath and to the public, time and time again: 'I did not send or receive any information marked classified.'

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Jul 11, 2016

there are few things that break faith with America and the American people and undermine their trust in their government more than witnessing the highest law enforcement officer in the land blatantly ignoring the crystal-clear meaning and…

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Jul 11, 2016

What do I say to the tens of thousands of people that live and work in my district that work for the Federal Government, including more than 47,000 marines?

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Jul 11, 2016

Should I find a way to make sure that those thousands of documents are made public so the American people can evaluate just how insignificant they are or how President Obama said, 'There is classified and then there's classified'?

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Jul 6, 2016

Your job is to close the detention. You are working toward that.

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Jul 5, 2016

Now, it will be a cold day in hell before I give more judges, at my authority to the extent that I have it, in any way shape or form, to an area that is abusing discretion and causing legislation--Chairman's legislation--vastly bipartisan.

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Jul 5, 2016

Here is the last one--and this one I have voiced before the Judicial Conference once--we have a problem in Marshall and Tyler, Texas.

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Jul 5, 2016

Would it be fair to say you serve the American people and, particularly, when you are dealing with criminal cases you really represent, if someone is guilty, the victims, and if someone is innocent, then justice for the innocent?

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Jul 5, 2016

If we can figure out ways to consistently broadcast, capture, and retain this type of information...

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Jul 5, 2016

I got to tell you, I talk to everybody, because it is frustrating that Congress should even be looking at one district for its misconduct.

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Jun 13, 2016

This has been a long time coming, and there is a lot of thanks to go around. Certainly for Senator Cornyn and Senator Leahy, this is going to be a proud week with the passage of this bill in the House and, ultimately, it going to the…

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Jun 6, 2016

We have a very strong, fundamentally sound democracy and economy. We have nothing to fear from strongly engaging the Chinese.

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Jun 6, 2016

We have no choice but to engage the country that has approximately 18 to 20 percent of the world's population.

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Jun 6, 2016

And let's hope that, over the coming decades, the Chinese will slowly begin to realize that and move closer to a democracy.

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May 23, 2016

high crimes and misdemeanors include failure to supervise?

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May 23, 2016

If we look at it and allow discovery, a poking around, a typical plaintiff's trial lawyer look-see, then in fact the rest of the world will likely respond.

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May 23, 2016

I think Mr. Conyers would confirm that that's not--I don't believe that that's a question before us.

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May 23, 2016

And I think it's critical to maintaining the republic that the government officials, who are paid by the taxpayers, answer truthfully and promptly to the taxpayers.

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May 16, 2016

These forms of overreach are not the same ones we are talking about often, because they are not about rulemaking, they are about seizing authority, are they not?

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May 16, 2016

It would not be nullification of laws. It would be no new laws.

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May 16, 2016

The Special Appellate exists only because of the importance of not clogging the Supreme Court.

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Apr 18, 2016

Just yesterday, the lawyer for the President was at it again, this time at the United States Supreme Court, arguing for the nonenforcement of the law, arguing for the wholesale failure to enforce the law.

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