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Issa: This Republican Congress is Serious about Reining in Big Government in Washington

January 10, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) made the following statement:
 
“We are only just beginning to understand the scope and the depth of the Democrats’ weaponization of the federal government against the American people,” said Rep. Issa. “Last year’s move by then-Speaker Pelosi to balloon the IRS through the hiring of 87,000 new agents was no doubt to expand the bureaucracy and to feed their spending addiction. Far worse, however, it was also designed to equip the IRS to target the vast majority of Americans, their small businesses, their community organizations, and anyone else in the way of big government in Washington.
 
“This is why, as the one of the first acts of the new Republican House majority, the Family and Small-Business Taxpayer Protection Act was passed to cancel the Democrats’ IRS power grab and send a powerful message that this Republican Congress is serious about reining in both government spending and the excessive power of Washington bureaucrats.”

 

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Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 48th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and eastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, El Cajon, Temecula, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.