Oversight and Accountability
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Darrell Issa sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for a comprehensive inquiry into federal grants and congressional appropriations awarded by the State Department to the Global Disinformation Index – a Europe-based organization that maintains an exclusion list of conservative media sites to target for “disinformation.”
The list included established media outlets including the Washington Examiner, Real Clear Politics, the Federalist, Newsmax, Breitbart, the Daily Wire, One America News, and the New York Post.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) and Congressman Mike Bost (IL-12), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough to emphasize Congress’ intent to allow swift removal of VA employees that fail in their job assignments. The letter follows a recent Merit System Protection Board action to gut Congressional reforms specific
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) issued the following statement following the first hearing of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government:
“The weaponization of the federal government against the American people is the signature abuse of power of our time. While it is not new, it has grown worse. That was more than proven by the committee today.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) released the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s failure to protect the American homeland:
“The Biden administration has failed its most important responsibility: protecting America’s homeland. To make matters worse, it attempted to cover up clear Chinese espionage and a violation of America’s sovereignty while issuing multiple versions of what the White House knew and when it knew it.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Darrell Issa introduced the Saving Our Invaluable Land (SOIL) Act, which would prohibit China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from purchasing land within 10 miles of sensitive U.S. agencies and strategic sites including military bases and federally-funded research labs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) made the following statement following his appointment to the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government:
"Speaker McCarthy is right to form this select subcommittee, and in Chairman Jim Jordan, he’s chosen the right member to lead it.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) introduced the GAS Act, which would stop the Biden Administration from its contemplated ban on gas-burning stoves.
“The Biden Administration’s clear consideration to ban an appliance used by more than 40 million homes and 76 percent of restaurants is worse than Green New Deal-style regulation run amok. It is a preposterous overreach of federal power that would deny Americans a necessary product they use every day,” said Rep. Issa.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) made the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) disclosed a letter he wrote to Defense Secretary Austin calling for an immediate halt to enforcement actions of the military vaccine mandate, which will be prohibited 30 days after the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act that has now passed both the House and Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) released the following statement after publishing an open letter to America’s technology companies calling for their commitment to uphold free speech and “not put their thumb on the political scale.”