Today traitor and criminal Darrell Issa compared coward Trump's treasonous meeting with dictator Putin to Patriotic President Ronald Reagan's meetings with Gorbachev that ended the cold war.
He shit all over 9/11 first responders.
In April 2008, the
Daily News reported that Issa questioned federal expenditures pertaining to disability-compensation claims from 9/11 first responders. He was criticized for making comments that the federal government "'just threw' buckets of cash at New York for an
attack 'that had no
dirty bomb in it, it had no
chemical munitions in it'" and asking "why the firefighters who went there and everybody in the city of New York needs to come to the federal government for the dollars versus this being primarily a state consideration."
[89] In September 2009, Issa's office released a statement indicating that his comments had been misrepresented and that the questions he asked concerned the then still unpassed bill H.R. 3543, which, according to that statement "would give U.S. taxpayer dollars to those who did not suffer physical injury and did not work at or around Ground Zero."
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Abortion
Issa opposes abortion.
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Bribes
In February 2017, he voted in favor of repealing a rule that required energy companies to disclose payments to foreign governments.
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Cannabis
Issa has a "D" rating from
NORML based on his cannabis-related voting record.
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Donald Trump
In early February 2017, Issa expressed his support for a special prosecutor to look into President Donald Trump's ties to Russia. On 27 February, he walked back his previous comments.
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ssa supported Trump's dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, saying "Comey had lost my confidence long ago."[102]
As of May 2017, Issa has voted in line with Trump's positions 100 percent of the time.
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Education
He has been critical of
No Child Left Behind, supporting a modification that would, in his words, "give states the freedom to adopt best practices for their students by returning flexibility and control to the educators and parents who are the real experts on education".
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Environment
Before the 2010 election, Issa pledged that, if elected, he would probe
"Climategate", which refers to the hacked Climatic Research Unit e-mails that climate change denialists falsely asserted showed scientific misconduct and fraud by climate scientists.
[107] Issa called President Obama's unwillingness to investigate Climategate "unconscionable" and an abdication of responsibility.
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In 2009, he voted against the
American Clean Energy and Security Act.
[109] He opposes federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
[94] In February 2017, he voted to repeal a rule that required coal companies to restore streams and mined areas to their pre-development conditions.
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The
League of Conservation Voters has condemned Issa's actions related to the environment, stating, "As chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Congressman Issa is not only denying climate change, but also actively impeding federal action, pledging to hold hearings on the 'Politicization of Science,' and calling for greater oversight of the EPA's regulations of greenhouse gases."
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Foreign and defense policy
In 2001, Issa voted for the authorization of the
PATRIOT Act and the creation of the
Department of Homeland Security.
[111][not in citation given] He voted for the reauthorization of the Patriot Act in 2005 after successfully amending it to require judicial notification, reporting requirements and facts justifying the use of roving survelliance at new facilities or places.
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Healthcare
He favors repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), and voted in support of the budget resolution to repeal Obamacare in January 2017.
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Healthcare vote reactions
The organization San Diego Indivisible protests outside Issa's office weekly.
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After Darrell Issa voted to pass the AHCA, about 800 people from the organization protested, decrying that a significant portion of Issa's voters use the ACA.
[120] The group was also unhappy about a picture taken where Issa stood "front and center" for a photo op held in tribute to the success of the Republicans in passing the AHCA.
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Instead of coming back to California to meet the protesters, Issa flew to an event in Florida to raise money, though he says he will meet with them at a later date.
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The following Friday, over 100 people protested his desire to defund Planned Parenthood.
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An organization called Save My Care spent $500,000 to release a series of attack ads against 24 House members who voted for the AHCA, including one about Issa.
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LGBT issues
Issa opposes same-sex marriage.
[94] He voted against an amendment, which ultimately failed narrowly, that stated that religious corporations, associations and institutions that receive federal contracts can't be discriminated against on the basis of religion. Democrats warn that such a provision could potentially allow discrimination against the LGBT community in the name of religious freedom.
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Immigration
He has opposed attempts to ease restrictions on illegal immigration such as the "Blue Card" system, arguing that it provides amnesty for illegal immigrants.
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Online piracy
Russian hacking of 2016 election
Issa has stated that he believes Russia meddled with the 2016 election, but that
he supports Trump's firing of FBI Director Comey (who was leading the investigation into the 2016 election meddling), and he believes the US should be focusing on other issues.
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Science
Issa has periodically tried to de-fund grants offered by the National Institutes of Health.
[131] He alleged that the NIH was spending $5 million "on foreign alcoholics and prostitutes."
[131] The grants in question were on research on HIV/AIDS prevention.
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Tax reform
Issa voted no on the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. He was one of two California Republicans to vote against the bill, alongside
Dana Rohrabacher.
[132]Issa expressed concern that "many" of his constituents would face increased taxes under the proposal and that "Californians have entrusted me to fight for them. I will not make the incredible tax burden they already endure even worse."
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Vaccine controversy
Issa has chaired House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearings on vaccines and their unsubstantiated relationship with autism.
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See also
