Statement by Congressman Issa Following End of Nancy Pelosi Speakership

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) today released the following statement:

“Nancy Pelosi was a formidable and consequential Speaker of the House — but her reign was not often one of consensus building and she leaves the institution in difficult condition as well as in need of a return to its best traditions.

“The voters removed Pelosi’s grip from the Speaker's gavel and gave it to a GOP majority that now must lead in a new and, I expect, better way.

“The House must be a deliberative body in which Members freely express their ideas, offer their alternatives, have them heard, and, ultimately, voted on. This must follow the end of the Pelosi speakership.”

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Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 50th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and northeastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, San Marcos, 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