Darrell Issa quotes

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. (Darrell Issa)
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. View quote
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Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job. View quote
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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. View quote
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The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money. (Darrell Issa)
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. View quote
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I've said my patience is not infinite. View quote
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My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea. View quote
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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. View quote
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Politics is cyclical. View quote
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My brother went on to have a long and sordid career. View quote
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Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack. View quote
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Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands. View quote
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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. View quote
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Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining. (Darrell Issa)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am. View quote
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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. View quote
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