Darrell Issa

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Rep. Darrell Issa points to a poster depicting Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. as the lawmaker makes his opening statement during Mr. Holder's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) walks with staff members through the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 15, 2011. Issa introduced a bill that would grant the District greater control of its own budget, but that prevents local funds from being used for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to protect the mother's health. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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NFL football Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, accompanied by NFL lead counsel Jeff Pash speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, after meeting with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. to discuss HGH testing for NFL players. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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** FILE ** Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

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Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., arrives to a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing looking into the Justice Department's firearms trafficking investigation, Operation Fast and Furious, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., left, and Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., listen to opening statements from the witnesses during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing looking into the Justice Department's firearms trafficking investigation, Operation Fast and Furious, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, California Republican, answers questions during an interview with editors and reporters at The Washington Times on July 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, California Republican, answers questions during an interview with editors and reporters at The Washington Times on July 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican (seen here) and Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, have concerns about an ATF program that allowed weapons bought in U.S. to be taken across the border to drug smugglers in Mexico. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, heard testimony Wednesday from ATF agents about their frustrations with now-halted Fast and Furious operation.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Darrell Issa, California Democrat, said a White House bid to force prospective federal contractors to disclose their political donations smacks of "Chicago hardball politics" during a grilling Thursday of White House procurement official Daniel I. Gordon.

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif ., right, talks with Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, left, and City Council Chairman Kwame Brown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, prior to the start of a House Health Care, DC, Census, and the National Archives subcommittee hearing on the city's budget. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, heads that House panel that wants documents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on the decision to "walk guns to Mexico in order to follow them and capture a bigger fish." (Associated Press)

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Rep. Darrell Issa says a committee he heads will look into claims of cash payoffs made during D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's campaign. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, says President Obama's idea of a pay freeze is not a freeze because it allows for step increases for federal employees. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican

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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, stands next to a painting of American Republican presidents during an interview with the Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill on Sept. 21, 2010. (Associated Press/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Rep. Darrell Issa has invited business representatives to testify before the government reform committee, which he heads, about federal regulations that they say cost jobs. He wants their comments included in a review of government regulations President Obama ordered. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution during his mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)