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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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Nov 16, 2015

Are you willing to comply with that law? Are you willing to have the current U.S. attorney comply with 2 U.S.C. 194?

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Nov 16, 2015

This is the PBMs are the least regulated sector of healthcare.

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Nov 16, 2015

Is it your opinion that 'shall do' in a law passed by both houses of the Congress and signed by the President is a discretion?

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Nov 3, 2015

Isn't it time we figure out what is possible in a Syria that allows the millions of Syrians, Sunni, Shia, Alawite, Christian to return to their country?

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Nov 3, 2015

I happen to agree with you that a future Syria should be a Syria with greater Sunni representation, with rights of Christians respected, and that he is probably not the ideal--he is a failed leader in many ways and I think history has…

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Nov 3, 2015

We have tried to increase the flow of material to them.

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Nov 3, 2015

Fourteen years ago, I made my first trip to Syria to meet with the unknown President Assad.

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Nov 2, 2015

The trade barriers being used to restrict cross-border data flows are simply nontariff trade barriers.

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Nov 2, 2015

if we do not begin to think of the cloud as not America's, then the rest of the world will say, if it's going to be yours when it's in America, then it's going to be mine if I have the ability to mandate it.

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Nov 2, 2015

the Chairman of the full Committee made it very clear in the last round of legislation that this Committee was tired of our country knowing more about us than us knowing less about them.

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Nov 2, 2015

The modern economy requires data flow and to flow freely.

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Nov 2, 2015

But let me do a final, and it's a rhetorical question, but isn't it true, really, that Nigeria hosting their Nigerian information really simply means that, like China and other countries, they have the ability to take, without due process…

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Oct 28, 2015

I am a member of the majority. When the majority brings a bill to the floor, you normally start off with ``yes'' and hope to stay there. In this case, I started off with ``likely'' and didn't arrive at a ``yes.'' So, reluctantly, I am…

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Oct 21, 2015

I would appreciate if the FBI would come up with a time line that says an investigation is not ongoing.

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Oct 7, 2015

We Americans come from every place in the world. We are every ethnic group, every race, every religion, and we have a very special role to play when there are crises like this.

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Oct 7, 2015

Yes, Benghazi was about politics, and we need to get to the bottom of why those four people were killed.

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Sep 9, 2015

I want to make it clear today was about commercial, and I brought up one of the many points of are there exemptions where we can carve some of the commercial out so that we take that out of the clutter.

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Sep 9, 2015

So, again, this Committee, the Committee of the Constitution, you suggested that we look at it.

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Sep 9, 2015

I do think that given the ability and the possibility of persistent long-term surveillance, something I think the public rightly fears, they should have the security of when they see that drone up there, knowing that the police have gotten…

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Sep 8, 2015

in 5 years they are going to drop the bomb with an ICBM they are fully allowed to buy.

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Sep 8, 2015

My child has a life, and there are many in the abortion industry that are willingly telling people...

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Sep 8, 2015

if we are going to approve what is effectively a treaty, why is it that anyone can reach a conclusion if we haven't seen the entire deal?

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Sep 8, 2015

A Nation that does not provide respect for life is not a Nation that he or anyone else could be proud of.

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Sep 8, 2015

they are still a terrorist state. They are still a state that doesn't recognize international law.

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Sep 8, 2015

You can go kill your child, and you will not have to worry about it anymore.

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