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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 22, 2023

Governor Newsom and his team didn't plan to fail, but so far they failed to plan.

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May 22, 2023

The time to plan and prepare isn't after a fire. It is before.

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May 16, 2023

You didn't go to the public library, so to speak. You went and got this material and ingested it just as I ingested, for the most part, my college years.

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May 16, 2023

Just because they are a bad student doesn't mean that the copyrighted material shouldn't be paid for, does it?

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May 16, 2023

I am in absolute agreement with artists on the panel here that this is an important issue and people should not be allowed to imitate another person through deepfakes or through imitation.

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May 16, 2023

I thank the gentleman. I will welcome you to the Subcommittee, which has historically been extremely bipartisan.

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May 16, 2023

We can't pass intellectual property reform except on a completely bipartisan basis.

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May 16, 2023

I thank the Chair for holding this important hearing again and I yield back the balance of my time.

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May 10, 2023

Her history of spreading disinformation.

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Apr 25, 2023

Course Correct is trying to nudge us in a direction of understanding and agreeing upon verifiable truth.

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Apr 25, 2023

A data search that suppresses anyone or steers anyone in a direction, by definition, denies equal relevance to data.

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Apr 25, 2023

This gives Congress the transparency to understand, object if appropriate, rather than having a proposed agreement become a fait accompli without it.

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Mar 29, 2023

What you have is the power of the Executive Branch being used to reduce the opposition or the redress or the free speech or the communication of people who might disagree with what was being put out by the Executive Branch, which happened…

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Mar 23, 2023

What the CCP fears the most is bipartisan support, engagement by the Congress in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Mar 22, 2023

The people who wrote the dissent cable are free to come to this committee, free to come to our staff and free to come to the chairman as legitimate whistleblowers to be fully protected.

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Mar 8, 2023

The very act of Federal dollars being used to stifle that speech is, in fact, historically what we would consider an indictment against the First Amendment protection.

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Mar 8, 2023

The limit of free speech historically has been incitement to violence or anarchy, the actual overthrow of a government.

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Nov 16, 2022

What can you point to as specifics of accomplishment?

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Jul 27, 2022

I do think that it is important that you follow the facts where they lead and that you go after terrorists.

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Jul 18, 2022

Mr. Chair, we can do better than HIPAA in this Committee. With that, I yield back.

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Jul 18, 2022

The challenge is to restore the original intent, the original intent being that which is held to be yours and reasonably expected to be for privacy must be returned to privacy.

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Apr 27, 2022

Your Border Patrol's job is to deter and deny people's entrance unless they have a bona fide ability, and you're not doing that.

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