Rep. Issa throws his support behind Rubio

Rep. Darrell Issa threw his support behind Marco Rubio for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday, hailing his fellow lawmaker as someone who has "been fighting the same fights" on the campaign trail as he has done in Congress.

"Marco Rubio really is an exciting candidate, and I'm pleased to be able to endorse him and to work for him for the presidency," the California Republican and former chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said in an interview with "Fox and Friends."


Rubio has been "fighting for a lot of things I believe in," Issa said, "and look, he's not afraid to engage on the hottest subjects."

Issa also explained his disagreement with Rubio on the collection of metadata, which the senator had said should continue. The National Security Agency's ability to collect bulk phone metadata expired over the weekend.

"The senator is on the Select Intelligence Committee. He's going to have to look at it day by day," Issa continued. "I'm willing to be wrong on this, but the act as we amended it has monitoring so if we need to do something different, obviously Congress will."

