Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by Darrell Issa

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Darrell Issa.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Darrell Issa

Darrell Edward Issa is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 50th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, representing two districts primarily covering North County in the San Diego area, first the 48th district for one term and then the 49th district. From January 2011 to January 2015, he chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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.
The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.
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.
You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.
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.
I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.
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.
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
I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.
My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.
Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.
Politics is cyclical.
You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.
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.
I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.
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.
Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns. — © Darrell Issa
Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.
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?
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.
Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining. — © Darrell Issa
Cleveland's a great place when you're a kid. You hardly ever get sunburned, without the sun shining.
Everyone has a past.
Every one of our congressional offices, every day, is under attack.
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.
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.
Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.
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.
I've said my patience is not infinite.
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.
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.
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job. — © Darrell Issa
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.
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.
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.
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.
Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs.
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