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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 8, 2011

I will have to admit, even some of the people who were most guilty of not being bipartisan have suggested that it was bipartisanship that ended the Cold War. But your examples that you have given with the Social Security, for example…

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Jan 24, 2011

which also I might add China has a veto over anything that can be done from the Security Council.

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Jan 24, 2011

Excuse me, is that what the United States gave or is that the budget for all----

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Jan 24, 2011

I've been trying to get a handle on how much money we're talking about.

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Jan 24, 2011

We can't put up with that. This is absurd.

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Jan 18, 2011

this government which we have bolstered with policies that we knew would make that country stronger under the idea if it was more prosperous it would be more peaceful, that strategy hasn't worked.

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Jan 18, 2011

We should not be granting monstrous regimes that are engaged with massive human rights abuses.

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Jan 18, 2011

China is making claims in the Pacific that threaten Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and commerce throughout that area.

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Jan 18, 2011

What do we do to them when we welcome their oppressor, their murderer, the one who is murdering their children, here to the United States with such respect?

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Jan 18, 2011

We have permitted the regime in China, a monstrously human rights abusing regime, to have trade benefits that we wouldn't give to democratic countries.

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Jan 18, 2011

The people of China are America's greatest allies.

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Jan 18, 2011

Right now we have a $270 billion trade deficit with them.

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Jan 18, 2011

If we do not change our way of dealing with that regime, they will destroy the peace of the world and we will be to blame for that.

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Jan 18, 2011

I believe they are very smart. They are leaders and I think that they are playing chess.

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Jan 17, 2011

We can no longer afford to carry as big a burden as we have.

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Jan 17, 2011

We can no longer afford to have a trillion-and-a-half-dollar deficit.

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Jan 17, 2011

this is a victory for the Sudanese people.

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Jan 17, 2011

if we are going to help people in the future and they have this potential wealth that exists, it is not wrong for us to suggest we are going to help you in this crisis but we expect to be paid back one way or the other.

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Jan 17, 2011

the U.S. clearly has made a disproportionate contribution.

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Jan 17, 2011

if there is, in fact, a democratic process of accountability, that is a useful and often determinative aspect in corruption fighting.

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Jan 17, 2011

no amount of humanitarian, you know, assistance is going to increase the standard of living of anybody for any length of time unless it is accompanied by a democratization and a change in character of a regime that is capable of the type…

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Jan 12, 2011

Congresswoman Giffords and I were on separate sides of a major issue, an issue of great concern to me. I have been on the Science Committee for 22 years, and she was for a totally different approach to the American space program than I…

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Dec 8, 2010

Tonight this Congress passed the so- called DREAM Act. Several of us on the floor of the House said that this act would be more accurately referred to as the ``affirmative action amnesty act.'' The bill is a piece of legislation that the…

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Dec 8, 2010

We must oppose policies like the DREAM Act that will serve as a magnet to those who would flock here illegally. I urge my colleagues to reject this attempt to rob our children of their dream and to vote ``no'' on this divisive and…

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