Darrell Issa Quotes

• I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.

  Darrell Issa

  Real, Littles, Plus

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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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  Government, Two, Reform

  "Darrell Issa Asks Business: Tell Me What To Change" by Nick Wing, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 4, 2011.

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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.

  Darrell Issa

  Growth, Individual, Bureaucracy

  Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 16, 2012.

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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.

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  Greatness, Class, Creating

  "Interview with Representative Darrell Issa". "The Situation Room" with Jim Acosta, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 28, 2012.

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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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  Gun, Thinking, Recalls

  "Darrell Issa ‘New Yorker’ Article Probes ‘Colorful’ Past", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2011.

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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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  People, Want, Information

  Speech at the House Judiciary hearing, www.cnet.com. April 24, 2008.

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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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  Government, Reform, Needs

  "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 13, 2010.

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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.

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  Jobs, Government, Problem

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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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  Jobs, Dollars, Genius

  "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. January 2, 2011.

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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.

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  Son, People, Want

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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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  Party, Believe, Simple

  "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. May 31, 2010.

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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.

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  Religious, America, Peaceful

  "NewsNight Aaron Brown", www.cnn.com. December 12, 2001.

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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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  Party, People, Want

  "State of the Union" with Ed Henry, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. January 2, 2011.

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• I support the framework that the bipartisan group of senators are working on...We have to remember the 11 million people who are here are people...[i]t's what Abraham Lincoln would have said, it is what the Republican Party stands for. It is the reason we have to get it right on who stays and who goes.

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  Party, People, Support

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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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  Guarantees That, Law, People

  "Darrell Issa Talks Fast and Furious Fallout; Rick Santorum on Challenging GOP Presidential Frontrunners". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. October 9, 2011.

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• Politics is cyclical.

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

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  Brother, Careers, Long

  "Issa's Rags-to-Riches Tale Has Some Ugly Chapters" by Eric Lichtblau, articles.latimes.com. May 23, 1998.

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• You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.

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  Pain, Compliment, Accepting

  "Uncomfortable Climate" by Elizabeth Kolbert, www.newyorker.com. November 22, 2010.

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• Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining.

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  Kids, Shining, Cleveland

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

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  Office

  "Transcript: FBI director on surveillance of 'illegal' Internet activity". House Judiciary hearing, www.cnet.com. April 24, 2008.

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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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  Government, People, Water

  "Interview with Representative Darrell Issa". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. April 16, 2012.

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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.

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  Media, Fewer, Five

  "Don't look back" by Ryan Lizza, www.newyorker.com. January 24, 2011.

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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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  Uncles, Father, Military

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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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  Peaceful, Wish, Middle East

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• I've said my patience is not infinite.

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  Patience, Infinite, Said

  Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 27, 2012.

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