Press Releases
Washington – Last week, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) demanded answers from FBI Director Christopher Wray on the agency’s knowledge of and analysis performed on the Chinese spy balloon that traveled more than 4,000 miles across the United States in 2023.
Washington – This week, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, co-led a letter to President Biden opposing the administration’s plan to utilize march-in rights provisions of the Bayh-Dole Act to regulate drug prices.
Escondido - Following a visit yesterday to the California-Mexico border region of his district, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, requested a classified briefing on the national security threats posed by the dramatic increase of illegal migrants from special interest nations entering the country through our open southern border.
Jacumba – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) gave this statement following a visit he led to the southern border in Jacumba, CA:
“Biden’s border crisis is what happens when you change policies that are working and insist upon what has failed every time.
"Biden has surrendered our sovereignty and is letting foreign governments — many that are hostile to our national interest — decide who gets to cross our borders, break our laws, and remain in our country.
Washington – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) was selected by Speaker Mike Johnson to serve on a bipartisan task force for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The task force is charged with maintaining American leadership on AI while ensuring safe and fair usage of the technology as it emerges across numerous industries.
Washington – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) released the following statement after passage of the Unlocking Our Domestic Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Potential Act of 2024. The legislation was passed by a bipartisan vote of 224-200.
Washington – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, joined Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai regarding the Biden Administration’s disastrous waiver of certain portions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Rep. Issa was joined by all of his GOP subcommittee colleagues.
Washington – Yesterday, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), Chair of the Congressional Fentanyl Prevention Caucus, convened a comprehensive roundtable discussion on fentanyl awareness and prevention – with specific emphasis on how the drug enters America due to a critical shortfall of border security.
Washington – Last week, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for Ansarallah in Yemen (commonly known as the Houthis), to be redesignated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Rep. Issa’s letter was co-signed by 53 of his GOP colleagues, including Foreign Affairs Chairman McCaul and every Foreign Affairs subcommittee chairman.
Escondido – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) has sent a letter to the Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) pointing out unacceptable cost overruns, non-disclosure of deferred maintenance, and the Commission's unacceptable guesswork in its new demands for hundreds of millions of dollars from Congress and taxpayers.