Quotes from Darrell Issa


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Too often, a problem is allowed to fester until it reaches a crisis point... and the American people are left asking the question: what went wrong and why?


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.


The American people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used to invest in private operations, if you will, take bets on capitalism, that is very well vetted, very well thought out and without political interference.


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.


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.


You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.


The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.


Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.


My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.


My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.


If there was a blog with five listeners or viewers, I had to be on it. Now I have to be on fewer media, but more substantive media.


I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.


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.


Everyone has a past.


Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack.


Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.


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.


Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.


Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.


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.