Darrell Issa

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I've said my patience is not infinite.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.”

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

“The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.”

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

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