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Dana Rohrabacher: yes, I think the people should watch San Diego. It is a pity that the liberal-left coalition that controls the…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2000
yes, I think the people should watch San Diego. It is a pity that the liberal-left coalition that controls the Democratic Party is so allied with extreme environmentalists that for 20 years they have prevented the development of any new energy resources in California. So now the people of San Diego and all of California suffer under this loss because we are having an energy shortage in a State where we should have abundance in energy. Unfortunately, the only solution that we have being offered seems to be price controls rather than developing new energy sources, which will only make the situation worse. But tonight I need to talk about what is going on in Burma, which is something of importance now because thousands of lives are at stake in that country. During the past week, the SLORC regime, which controls Burma with an iron fist, a regime backed by the Communist Chinese, has intensified their crackdown on the opposition in Burma. This is a new round of brutality by the SLORC regime, and it occurred after democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was prevented from leaving Rangoon to visit her party's members outside the capital city. Soldiers surrounded her car. This is a Nobel Prize winner, the person who is the rightful governmental leader of that country because of the elections her party won. She was forced to sit in a car in the sun for a full week and then forcibly return to the capital. Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the true heroes of our time.…
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Addressing energy shortages in California and the political situation in Burma.

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