Darrell Issa

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

“Politics is cyclical.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.”

“Everyone has a past.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.”

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