Dana Rohrabacher

I am encouraged by the conferees direction regarding NASA at this critical time. In the wake of the Columbia tragedy, NASA's practice of over-promising, over-marketing, and under-estimating the costs for its programs cannot be tolerated…

I rise in support of S. 1824, a bill to reauthorize funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. I never supported OPIC in the past because, until recently, what OPIC basically did was provide insurance for Fortune 500…

I ask all freedom-loving people to pay attention to the latest crackdown in Burma by that country's brutal military regime. A few days ago, the military again reminded us why Burma has one of the most despicable regimes in the world, by…

The American people should pay close attention to what their Representatives are doing and should contact their Representatives if they believe that if we are going to give $18.6 billion away, it should be in the form of a loan which will…

If I could reclaim my time, let me just note that at times during World War II, we were known to send weapons to Joseph Stalin in order to fight Adolph Hitler, and during the Cold War we at times backed dictators like Samoza and some…

But $18.6 billion of this supplemental is going for a reconstruction plan that will be in the form of grants, of gifts that will never be repaid to the people of the United States. I will be offering an amendment that will make this $18.6…

I rise in support of holding Syria accountable for aiding and abetting terrorists and for helping those who are killing Americans in Iraq, also to suggest to the Syrians that it is time for them to leave Lebanon. Terrorism, we hear that…

Today we have heard a great debate on H.R. 3289, the supplemental concerning Iraq and Afghanistan. This $87 billion supplemental is the largest supplemental in American history, and we should look at it very closely; and we should be…

reclaiming my time, we will be paying the interest on that for 20 years and then our children, our young children today will have to pay those debts off in the future. Again, this comes back to a basic argument we will have on the floor…

I appreciate the expressions of support. And if we can help improve this even a little bit by that portion of the bill dealing with reconstruction, I think that it will at least make these a little bit better. I would hope that those…

in the next few weeks Congress will be shaping and hopefully passing legislation aimed at jump-starting the Iraqi economy, hopefully laying the foundation for prosperity and democracy in that troubled land. The administration is proposing…

Mr. Chairman, let me just suggest, we do not represent the ports here. By the way, if anybody represents the ports in this room today, it is me. I represent, in my district, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach; and if there is anything…

Mr. Chairman, let me just note that this creates a new revenue flow. This amendment will create new revenue, a new source of revenue that begins perhaps in Shanghai or some other foreign country, and that revenue then can be used to our…

Mr. Chairman, I certainly respect those people, especially the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) for the very hard work they have put into this legislation. It has always been my intent to support this legislation. So this is not done…

I rise to discuss this resolution, although I have not yet determined how I shall vote on it. The resolution has ``resolved'' clauses that speak for themselves and are reasonable. In the ``resolved'' clauses we do see a recognition of…

Reclaiming my time, the purpose of this amendment is clear. We are trying to have cooperation throughout the country in a matter that is vital to our national security and the safety of our people. If there are people in those governments…

we have seen this misuse of this quote so often in this body, and I would just like to make sure that the public is aware when they hear it misused again that Mr. Gingrich has time and time again demonstrated that that quote was being…

let me just note that that quote from Newt Gingrich that was bandied around earlier, we have seen that quote used many times, and those of us who have been who have seen the full quote know that that quote was taken out of context and…

let me note that one of the prior speakers from the other side of the aisle was talking about the tax cut going to the richest part of America, which they defined as any family earning over $75,000 a year. Now, I would hope that every…

First of all, 9/11. Let us note that 9/11 was not an unavoidable natural occurrence. 9/11, an attack upon the United States by an organized group of terrorists, happened because past American policies toward Afghanistan were wrong and…

I would like to talk about American foreign policy. First and foremost, when we talk about America and talk about some of our basic policies, let us note that America is not like every other country. America is a unique country in the…

there is a much greater chance that American jobs will be lost if we do not make this declaration to the policymakers and to the bureaucrats and to the government officials who will enforce the law once we pass the law. We are making it…

Mr. Chairman, I rise with hesitation to oppose the amendment of my very dear friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham), who, let me note, has always been one of my heroes in this body because he not only is an articulate…

I rise today to pay homage and respect to Corporal Jose Angel Garibay, a 21-year-old Marine killed in action in Iraq a few days ago. Jose Garibay was a proud American of Mexican American descent. He is now an American hero. He was born in…

with St. Patrick's Day only a few days away, it is appropriate for us to recognize and, yes, celebrate the role that Irish Americans have played in our history and in the development of our national character. So many Irish Americans came…