Darrell Issa Quotes

• 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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  Tags in Government

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

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  Tags in Real, Difference

• 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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• 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?

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  Tags in Crisis

• 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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  Tags in Political

• 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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  Topics in Genius, Job

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

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• 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.

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  Topics in Money

  Tags in Political

• 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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  Tags in Policy

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

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

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• Politics is cyclical.

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  Topics in Politics

Darrell Issa (32)

Birth:	1st November, 1953
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman, Politician

About

Darrell Edward Issa was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an American politician and businessman. He is the Republican U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, serving since 2001. Since January 2011, he has served as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Issa was formerly a businessman. He made his fortune manufacturing car alarms and theft deterrent systems. Issa was CEO of Directed Electronics, a Vista, California-based manufacturer that he co-founded in 1982.

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