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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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Mar 2, 2011

We have got to find a way of not wasting that money. What we have heard today is a huge waste of that money.

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Mar 2, 2011

we are in a deficit spending moment when you see that for the last two years straight and now for a third year in a row this Administration is proposing a level of deficit spending that is a shock to the system.

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Mar 2, 2011

What you have is an organization in which half of the members, voting members in the General Assembly, not only are brutalizing their own people...

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Mar 2, 2011

So about half, really, because if it is over 192.

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Mar 2, 2011

Is it true that the world's worst human rights abuser has a veto power over anything the U.N. can do through the Security Council? I am referring to China, of course.

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Mar 1, 2011

those of us who are willing to take the laughs, et cetera, and the scoffing, are playing a very important role in protecting a large number of people

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Feb 28, 2011

Yeah, we develop the plan, give to Pakistan, and Pakistan creates nuclear weapons.

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Feb 28, 2011

Now, what sense does it make for us to borrow money from China and then give it back to them in a grant, and then we are paying the interest, of course, on the money that we have borrowed from them? This is insane.

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Feb 28, 2011

The Korea Free Trade Agreement will pave the way for goods entirely produced in these slave-labor zones to enter the United States duty free.

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Feb 28, 2011

What worries me is goods coming into this country duty free, manufactured by North Korean or Chinese labor.

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Feb 28, 2011

Does it make any sense at all for us to be borrowing money from China and giving it to other countries, especially giving it back to China?

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Feb 28, 2011

The goal has got to be jobs, but sometimes liberalization leads to exporting the jobs.

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Feb 28, 2011

Let me just note that we can disagree as to who caused the problems for our economy.

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Feb 16, 2011

Doctor, in the past you have made public statements referring to those who question your assessment on man-made climate change, and you have labeled them as deniers.

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Feb 14, 2011

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, when Congress passed the Patriot Act in 2001 in the aftermath of 9/11, we mandated sunsets on the provisions that dramatically expanded Federal investigative and enforcement powers, especially those that could…

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Feb 8, 2011

What is going to happen 2 years down the road when we have an administration in Egypt that puts women in jail?

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Feb 8, 2011

borrowing more money from China in order to give it to other people in different countries is not something that I consider to be a positive option. It is crazy, it is insane.

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Feb 8, 2011

Governor, you suggested, and many times have suggested in your speeches, that you are a Christian and that this is an important value to you; you base many of your judgments on your faith. How can you justify in Christian theology that you…

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Feb 8, 2011

we have treated them well, and then as soon as--but they have been basically a pro-stability and a pro-Western government. And as soon as they are vulnerable, we turn on them with a vengeance.

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Feb 8, 2011

Everyone knows Ronald Reagan the politician. We can go on with all these lists of speeches and the bills and things, but I think the day I remember the most about Ronald Reagan was in North Carolina. In 1976, Reagan was running and I was…

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Feb 8, 2011

we don't just toss Mubarak, a guy who has tried to be a force for stability, we don't just toss him under the boss, we toss him to the wolves, and then we are surprised when the wolves end up eating our lunch.

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Feb 8, 2011

We can't do that because that would be just too intrusive.

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Feb 8, 2011

American foreign policy is not based on principle... but instead it is based on juggling.

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Feb 8, 2011

When we were writing for Ronald Reagan, he would insist that we don't talk about people as being--he wouldn't say Irish Americans or Mexican Americans or German Americans. He always insisted that we say 'Americans of Irish descent,'…

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