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Thu Mar 27, 2014, 04:55 PM Mar 2014

Darrell Issa tells Fox News: ‘The biggest tool we have is to shame’ Obama

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Thursday said on Thursday that the “biggest tool we have is to shame” the Obama administration, but insisted that was not what he was trying to do with his investigations into the alleged IRS targeting of tea party groups.

During an interview with Fox News, host Brian Kilmeade asked the chairman of the House Oversight Committee what he could do to force the administration to hand over former IRS official Lois Lerner’s emails after they said it would take “years” to produce all of them.

The California Republican said that he “ordered” that 12 years of his emails be put on a thumb drive in less than an hour. So, the IRS should be able to do the same for Lerner.

“You need some type of threat of retribution,” Kilmeade noted. “But it doesn’t seem as though you have it.”

“Our tools in Congress are limited,” Issa agreed. “Sometimes the biggest tool we have is to shame the administration.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/27/darrell-issa-tells-fox-news-the-biggest-tool-we-have-is-to-shame-obama/

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Darrell Issa tells Fox News: ‘The biggest tool we have is to shame’ Obama (Original Post) Galraedia Mar 2014 OP
Speaking of big tools .... mysuzuki2 Mar 2014 #1
so he biggest tool is Darell Issa? n/t hollysmom Mar 2014 #2
Corrected headline: "Darrell Issa, the biggest tool." Archae Mar 2014 #3
Good example of RepubliCon shamelessness - just try to shame a RepublicCon! polichick Mar 2014 #4
Well I'm trembling with fear... Blue Owl Mar 2014 #5
And the biggest "FOOL" is Darryl Issa, sometime thief. Historic NY Mar 2014 #6
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