Darrell Issa Quotes
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In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any lines, including religious lines, including ethnic backgrounds.
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Everyone has a past.
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Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.
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Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade people's privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information.
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I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.
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You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.
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My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.
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The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly.
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I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.
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It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption.
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I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.
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Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet.
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My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
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Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.
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Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence.
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Politics is cyclical.
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Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.
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Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.
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I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.
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Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack.
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The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.
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You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job.
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I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.
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Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.