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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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May 7, 2014

Nobody answered the debunking that we put out, this document, nobody. This document makes it clear it was all about targeting and abusing conservative groups, and the gentleman from Virginia knows that very well. With that, it is my honor…

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May 7, 2014

I would like to correct the record. It is now 40 transcribed interviews, and we have received 12,000 emails from Lois Lerner today. So that $14 million probably went up a little bit because today the IRS finally turned over some of the…

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May 7, 2014

If they hadn't made their applications, perhaps they wouldn't have been asked the inappropriate, abusive questions like, What books do you read? Who are your donors? as has happened. With that, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished…

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May 7, 2014

By direction of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I call up the resolution (H. Res. 574) recommending that the House of Representatives find Lois G. Lerner, Former Director, Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service…

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May 7, 2014

By direction of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I call up the report (H. Rept. 113-415) to accompany the resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find Lois G. Lerner, Former Director, Exempt…

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May 7, 2014

Again, BOLOs were issued, be on the lookout, if you will, for conservative groups. Conservative groups were systematically denied, for more than 2 years, their approvals. Conservative groups were asked inappropriate and personal questions…

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May 7, 2014

The minority is entitled to opinions, but not facts that just aren't so. Our committee issued an extensive committee report, a staff report as to the targeting of conservatives. The minority offered no response, so the gentleman not on the…

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May 6, 2014

It is necessary, because running the clock of, we will get you something sometime, is going on.

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May 6, 2014

Your agency has, in fact, failed to comply with subpoenas.

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May 6, 2014

This branch of government's time and willingness to cooperate with delay and denial has expired.

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May 6, 2014

I never want to feel like there is nothing I can do.

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May 6, 2014

The Administrator herself deserves a lot of culpability, not just for the years that she didn't see it, but after she knew it and it could have been stopped sooner and it wasn't.

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May 6, 2014

I believe that the creation of the office was at the discretion of the administrator.

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May 6, 2014

What does it take for you to take somebody off of a computer when you discover they are doing it?

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May 6, 2014

zero tolerance is what the President has promised us.

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Apr 30, 2014

You cannot believe what the White House says. You cannot believe what the spokespeople say, and you cannot believe what the President says.

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Apr 30, 2014

This committee's job is to get to the facts and to the truth. I, for one, will continue to chip away at this until we get the whole truth.

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Apr 30, 2014

the choices the White House made about pretending that we didn't know things that we did know I think are an overt politicization of the events.

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Apr 28, 2014

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 4194, the Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014. The Government Reports Elimination Act is part of the committee's efforts to reduce waste and duplication…

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Apr 28, 2014

I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 4194, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Issa) that the House suspend the rules…

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Apr 28, 2014

In closing, I want to urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 4192, and I want to close by reminding people that this is, in fact, the best vetted piece of legislation for Congress to pass in cooperation with the city in my tenure…

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Apr 28, 2014

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).

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Apr 28, 2014

In closing, this last weekend, the Associated Press talked about the waning days of this Congress and expected to have a do-nothing Congress. That is easy to say, but in this case, today, we are showing, on a bipartisan, bicameral basis…

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Apr 16, 2014

There is simply no evidence that any liberal or progressive group received enhanced scrutiny because its application reflected the organization's political views.

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