Darrell Issa

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 3\1/4\ minutes remaining.

Then I think we both ask for favorable consideration, 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 and…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to join with my colleague, Ms. Norton, in her comments just a moment ago. {time} 1720 The President recognizes that now is the time to work on a bipartisan basis on budget autonomy…

I now will place in the record a letter from the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee supporting the bill, but recognizing that the primary jurisdiction over this database belongs to the Ways and Means Committee, and we are responding…

We have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close unless there are further speakers on the other side.

As you know, the Government Accountability Office is a legislative branch agency that investigates how the Federal Government spends taxpayer dollars. Often called the ``congressional watchdog,'' the GAO investigates instances of waste…

I yield myself 1 minute. The gentleman from California is new, and I'm sure he did not mean to disparage our intention. Our intention was, in fact, to bring accountability and, in fact, a sense of pride to the Federal workforce, one in…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the gentlelady is entitled to her opinion, but I don't believe her facts. Our information shows that, in fact, first of all, this bill only pertains to civilian personnel. It does not…

Without whistleblowers, including the update the President recently signed, my Committee next door could not operate.

I yield myself the remaining time. Mr. Speaker, I would like to close on a little bit quieter note than the debate. The debate was, rightfully so, heated, and it was heated because, in fact, we are making an important symbolic statement in…

As chairman of the committee with oversight and responsibility over the District of Columbia, from time to time it comes to our attention that the Home Rule Act and other legislation that has governed the Federal City needs to be updated…

I would prefer they come to Congress. I would prefer they trust my Committee.

I trust that you are in jobs that are very difficult, I trust that you did not come to these positions to do harm to the public, but to help the public.

I hear you. I find that is believable as the estimates what Obama Care was going to cost. So it is now doubled what was estimated.

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

History has been please trust us, we will be prudent. The history in this committee is that ain't so.

I want to work with you. I want to open up and change very aggressively the law, but only to the extent that Ms. Norton and I can come to an agreement that we have been prudent in making sure that the proof is in the pudding before we…

Delegate Norton I think did a good job of questioning whether cherry-picking regions would make you save money.

Let's scrap some of the limitations of the original law as a premise going forward.

Our solemn responsibility is to hold Government accountable to taxpayers, because it is taxpayers that have a right to know what they get from their Government.

Thank you for your service, but thank you for the question.

Well, it has his signature on it and my vote on it, so it is double mindless, perhaps.

The Eisenhower Memorial should be built, and I believe must be built.

According to that Commission's final report, up to $60 billion in taxpayer funds were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan due to waste, fraud, and abuse.

I am thankful that today, before we consider Draconian cuts to core services that Americans across the Country rely on every single day, we will have an opportunity to closely examine this program and others at DOD and DHS in order to…