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Dana Rohrabacher

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Dana Rohrabacher is a former U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district, serving from 1989 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he is known for his libertarian views and strong support for the tech industry. During his time in Congress, Rohrabacher was an advocate for various issues, including technology innovation and foreign policy matters, particularly regarding Taiwan and its democratic governance. He often emphasized the importance of individual liberties and limited government intervention.

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Feb 2, 2012

I think that we should take that very seriously, that all data should be made available, not just conclusions.

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Feb 2, 2012

The EPA decision making on science that really can affect so many people's lives in a positive way but also in a negative way.

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Feb 2, 2012

As long as the same standard is for industry, that is fine.

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Feb 2, 2012

Well, Malthus was supposedly a scientist. I mean, he was the mathematician of his day...

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Feb 2, 2012

If people, and especially in the academic world, have made a specific advocacy, that becomes part of their self-interest as well.

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Feb 2, 2012

It is an atrocity when you hear a scientist talking about limiting knowledge, limiting the availability of knowledge.

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Feb 2, 2012

Well, let us just note that when someone works for an industry, yeah, we have to understand they have a conflict of interest there.

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Jan 23, 2012

If American businessmen are going to be investing someplace, it should be in countries that are governed by democratic institutions.

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Jan 23, 2012

We should have as our policy that any Export-Import Bank or any of the Pacific Banks... that money should not be going to dictatorships.

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Dec 15, 2011

You can have American jobs if the U.S. Government and State governments will assist.

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Dec 15, 2011

For the first time in 60 years our country would have the opportunity to be independent of the current circumstances where we depend upon the OPEC cartel.

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Dec 15, 2011

I am going to go back to the Keystone pipeline, a 1,700-mile extension that would transport 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta to our refineries here rather than in China.

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Dec 14, 2011

Freight rail is number one in the world.

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Dec 14, 2011

Our reality is we are spending $1.5 trillion a year more than we are taking in, and we are borrowing it from China.

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Dec 14, 2011

For every billion dollars we spend, it generates 44,000 permanent jobs.

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Dec 14, 2011

If we continue with the direction we are going, we know even with projects that really make sense, we are having to question them and cut some of them.

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Dec 13, 2011

I am disappointed today in the apprehension that I am hearing about armed resistance to tyranny.

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Dec 13, 2011

Self defense is one thing. Conducting a fight for liberty and justice is another. I think we as Americans do support the right of people to fight for their freedom and to win their freedom against tyranny.

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Dec 13, 2011

I think we are sending the wrong message.

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Dec 13, 2011

As we have just heard from the ranking member, that there is an uprising going on in Syria that goes right to the heart of what our ideals are as Americans.

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Dec 13, 2011

I have often thought about writing a book about diplomacy and I think if I ever do, it is going to be entitled, 'The Art of Juggling.'

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Dec 8, 2011

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Before I go into my prepared remarks, I would like to point out that I personally have opposed all of the bailouts and the hundreds of billions of dollars that the Obama administration has channeled to different…

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Dec 6, 2011

What is coming out in the Iraqi news media is they are going to move them down to Samarra and Nasiriyah.

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Dec 6, 2011

The Chinese communist regime has leverage over the West that it should not have.

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