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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 7, 2023

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks for this opportunity to talk about a small bill, 310 brave women who were CSTs.

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Oct 18, 2023

If you do this, we will give you--even if something bad happens, and eventually it will, because nothing is perfect, we give you the safe haven...

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Oct 18, 2023

They do nothing or virtually nothing to tell you what to do to prevent it.

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Oct 18, 2023

Almost every company of any size, their greatest fear is somebody will hack in, some employee will misuse their own authority...

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Sep 28, 2023

In closing, every day, this administration tells us the nature of the kind of technology theft that is going on. The conclusion of this amendment is simply the result of the very statements made not by the previous administration but by…

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Sep 28, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following: Sec. _. None of the funds appropriated…

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Sep 28, 2023

In short, this is overly broad. I repeat, this is overly broad. As an American of Arab ancestry and a Christian, it would, in fact, be devastating to the Chaldean community left in Iraq. It would be devastating to the support we have. Mr…

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Sep 26, 2023

I want to make sure that we make it clear that is something we would like to have an ongoing dialog about.

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Sep 26, 2023

One of the reasons that I ask that question is that I am an old Oversight and Reform Chair.

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Sep 26, 2023

I just wanted to followup on one thing. You said fair use and then said use in commerce. Would you like to expand that linkage that fair use for not commerce is dramatically different than fair use when it is, in fact, turned into revenue?

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Sep 26, 2023

However, your office and the offices around the world today do not maintain a single database.

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Sep 19, 2023

We are in, Mr. Weiss is in the midst of an ongoing prosecution on the very matter that you are talking about.

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Jul 26, 2023

Isn't it true that when Richard Nixon saw failures to comply, saw aggression, saw an attempt to take ground by his adversaries... he bombed the shit out of them.

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Jul 26, 2023

Bagram could have been maintained and would have been safer had we had some flexibility from the commander in chief as to the number of personnel.

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Jul 26, 2023

Karzai who he and his brother raped the country and I'm going to phrase it rape the American taxpayers of billions of dollars.

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Jul 26, 2023

I observed that it was a shit hole. I observed that it was never much of a country.

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Jul 19, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title VIII, add the following: SEC. ___. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF NOTAM REQUESTS BY FAA. The…

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Jul 17, 2023

I have introduced a bill under discussion, the SMART Act, H.R. 1707, which would help solve the problems of limited access to parts.

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Jul 17, 2023

I doubt very much they would have said, yes, that is pretty much what we want.

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Jul 17, 2023

So, what you are saying is that Congress has created an impediment to the right to repair.

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Jul 17, 2023

From a standpoint of intellectual property, where in God's green Earth, or the Constitution, are any of those designed to be rights that belong to the manufacturer rather than rights that belong to the owners of those two John Deere…

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Jul 17, 2023

While I am proud to sponsor the SMART Act, a bill that will expand consumer choice for automobile collision repair parts, decrease costs for both drivers and insurers, and enhance competition in the automotive repair parts market, it is…

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Jul 11, 2023

The job of the FBI is criminal investigation.

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Jul 11, 2023

You took down the free speech of the Department of State.

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Jul 11, 2023

I am just going to move on because I think it is time to move on past January 6th.

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