Dana Rohrabacher: “At the height of the cold war, Ethiopia fell to the Communists in 1974. Shortly thereafter, an Ethiopian family--the…”

“At the height of the cold war, Ethiopia fell to the Communists in 1974. Shortly thereafter, an Ethiopian family--the Berhane family--ended up in Huntington Beach, California, and for a long time they have been proud Americans and good citizens. After the Communist regime in Ethiopia collapsed in 1991, thanks to Ronald Reagan's global efforts to undue the Communist establishment, the government in Ethiopia, which was replaced in 1991, has refused to return the confiscated property the Communists took from the Berhane family. I rise in support of my constituents. I ask my fellow colleagues to join me in opposing any aid or activities helping the Ethiopian Government until they have returned the property of American citizens confiscated by the Communists. It is our job to stand up for American citizens, whether they come from Ethiopia or are born in Brooklyn. They are now proud Americans. We need to stick together and refuse to give support to regimes like Ethiopia that refuse to turn confiscated property. ____________________”