Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON, DC — Co-Chair of the U.S.-Lebanon Friendship Caucus Representative Darrell Issa (CA-50) today sent a letter joined by bipartisan colleagues to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to engage with Lebanon’s Parliament as it works to elect a new president prior to an upcoming constitutional deadline. He was joined by co-chairs Darin LaHood (IL-18) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12), and caucus members David Joyce (OH-14) and Dan Kildee (MI-05) in signing the letter.

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) today detailed an investigation by his Congressional office that determined the Department of Defense is manipulating military recruitment goals and is covering up a crisis in morale within the Armed Forces.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the bipartisan Human Trafficking Prevention Act, introduced by Congressman Issa along with Reps. Mace, Jeffries, and Bass. The legislation will require display of National Human Trafficking Hotline information in restrooms of all U.S. ports of entry, airplanes, airports, trains, train stations, busses, and bus stations so that victims or anyone who notices a potential victim of human trafficking can reach out to ask for help. 

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) released the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report detailing the negligent process of releasing Afghan refugees into the United States after the Biden Administration abandoned in-country operations in 2021:

Rep. Darrell Issa, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced bicameral legislation with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to prohibit the Biden administration from waiving sanctions that prohibit cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program. The sanctions were originally issued under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action during the Obama Administration.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) issued the following statement following Ukrainian President Zelensky's address to Congress.

"President Zelensky has again shown courage under fire and the gallant determination of a nation that wants to live on its feet and not on its knees. He must have more than our sympathy. His nation has our admiration and has earned our support," said Issa.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) published an op-ed for FoxNews.com illustrating how President Biden has remained an ineffective bystander throughout the Ukraine conflict, which has dramatically worsened his disastrous record on inflation and our domestic energy supply.