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Comment by Darrell Issa

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U.S. Representative (R-CA)
Let me assure you, Congress is not a good regulator.
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AI Verified Yes. The cited Yahoo/Reuters story is indexed with the exact wording and attribution: Darrell Issa “voted present after suggesting the bill would put Congress in the ‘position of being a regulator’ ... ‘Let me assure you, Congress is not a good regulator,’ Issa added.” A Yahoo mirror shows the same verbatim sentence. Reuters’ accessible version of the same Jan. 21, 2026 article matches the event and context. ([yahoo.com](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/house-panel-advances-bill-allowing-221802991.html?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA, 2026): "Let me assure you, Congress is not a good regulator." Checked: (1) Content/attribution — confirmed verbatim via The Hill and other outlets covering the House Foreign Affairs Committee markup of the AI OVERWATCH Act; Issa made this remark suggesting the bill would put Congress in the "position of being a regulator." (2) Source — source_url (yahoo.com) returns HTTP 403 to automated fetching, but the quote is corroborated verbatim across independent reporting (The Hill, etc.). (3) Vote alignment — CORRECTED from "against" to "abstain." Reporting establishes that Issa cast the lone "present" vote in the committee's 42-2-1 tally and stated he "supports moving forward with the legislation" but wants to tweak it so Congress doesn't replace the Bureau of Industry and Security as chip-export regulator. His remark expresses reservation about Congress as a regulator, but he did not oppose the bill outright — he abstained (voted present). "Abstain" therefore matches his documented position on statement 414 ("Giving Congress power to block AI chip exports to adversaries") more accurately than "against." (4) Year 2026 — recent and relevant. Content, attribution, and (corrected) vote now check out. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 12d ago
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