Dana Rohrabacher

We are totally vulnerable immediately after an attack.

I think the job of an alternate Congressman would be the most important job of all, and that is of being a citizen.

We do face situations where there are vacancies every year.

this is the house of the people, this is the house of our citizens, and there could be no greater responsibility of a U.S. citizen to be ready to serve in case of national emergency.

Having someone here is certainly better than not having anybody here except maybe one or two people claiming to have the powers of the Congress.

I think it is a good idea because we don't need to have such a concentration of authority and potential power.

14 proposed constitutional amendments to address the consequences of catastrophic loss of congressional membership have been introduced, including measures in the 111th Congress by Mr. Baird and Mr. Rohrabacher.

Proposed remedies by Mr. Rohrabacher, myself, and the Continuity Commission all answer these questions in ways that would allow a constitutionally valid Congress to be up and running with a full and valid quorum and with all Americans…

The current status quo does not work.

I rise in support of this motion, and let us note that those of us who are seriously saddened by the bloodshed and the carnage that is going on and the loss of innocent lives in Gaza, people being killed and bodies of children being torn…

This bill will ensure that America's heroes throughout our country, who have often been called up for deployments that are for far longer than they were initially thought, will not pay a very high personal cost for their absence and their…

for 30 years, we have seen the development of new major gas and oil developments in our country thwarted. For 30 years, we have had no new nuclear reactors built in this country to provide us electricity. For 30 years, we have seen no new…

Let me just note that my amendment simply suggests that NASA should put on its priority list seeking cooperation between the United States and our European and Russian friends to try to have an international effort to detect and deflect…

my amendment offered by Mr. Feeney encourages NASA to seek increased international cooperation to find and characterize all natural bodies in outer space over 140 meters in size that pass close to the Earth, referred to as near-Earth…

While I adamantly reject the man-made global warming theory, I am committed to a clean and healthy environment, to purifying the air, to purifying our water and our soil, all of this for the sake of the people of this planet, especially…

I preface my remarks with a personal statement that, while I am opposed to the advocates of man-made global warming theories, I am committed to a clean and healthy environment, to purifying our air, our water, and our soil; all of this for…

I appreciate that thought very much. Again, I appreciate the fairness that I have been treated with. I will show my bipartisanship a little more. I think that I have been treated more fairly and a number of my Republican colleagues have…

Let me congratulate and thank Congressman Frank. Barney has been very fair. He backed my ability to have an amendment on the floor, and I will talk about that amendment next. But let me note when he stated that our goal is debt relief for…

I rise in support of this basic legislation, which would instruct, of course, the Secretary of Treasury to negotiate debt relief for developing countries, especially those new democracies. And let me note that much of the debt that we have…

I would just say that Ethiopia is an example of a country that we should not be providing debt relief to until it has democratic elections.

Thank you very much. Thus what we have to decided to is, are we going to deprive our own people, our seniors? I just came from a meeting with doctors from my district. We can't afford to provide health care for our seniors, for our…

tonight I will discuss some serious examples of how this administration's contemptuous disregard for the authority delegated to Congress by the Constitution has impacted on how we do business here in Washington. This bad attitude has…

next week, on December 9, as we have mentioned today, the Port of Los Angeles, which I am proud to say is located in my district, will celebrate its 100-year anniversary. Yes, the Port of Los Angeles has had a long and distinguished…

Let me note that I agree with the excitement and the energy that I have seen here today, and I think that there is every reason for optimism that many of the challenges that we face can be overcome by the very forces that we are talking…

On the issue, first, I'd like to compliment the gentleman on obviously his vast knowledge and research that he had done on these energy issues. I am very impressed with the presentation tonight. Let me note that in California I worked very…