Dana Rohrabacher

Madam Speaker, let us, as this debate goes on, remember that Vietnam as it is today does not have an independent court system, does not have opposition parties, does not have freedom of the press, not to mention all the political prisoners…

Mr. Speaker, we have learned that the Vietnamese catfish industry is having a very detrimental impact on Americans who were involved with producing catfish for the American table. Yet also, at least I suggested, and I have not heard…

I rise with a strong sense of concern, if not opposition, to what is being proposed here today. Two years ago, there was a compromise that was made on this very important matter. I, in fact, supported legislation with this wording in it…

as a young reporter, I remember the debate over the Alaskan pipeline. I remember it very vividly. I remember the hysteria and the charges and the warnings of the catastrophe, oh, the environmental catastrophe that would happen; and the…

first and foremost, let me say that I have the deepest admiration for the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer), and this body will be certainly not as bright and not as profound a place when he no longer is with us. And I know that he is…

Just to note that in terms of flexibility, the crew return vehicle and the habitation module, which the gentleman just mentioned, those are two areas we are working with right now to see if our allies could pick up the cost for these…

I draw Members' attention to President Bush and the great job that he has been doing withstanding public pressure to go in the opposite direction of which he believes to be true. We have a sense about what George W. is about; and I believe…

Mr. Speaker, I have introduced House Joint Resolution 55, a resolution disapproving the extension of the President's waiver for the corrupt communist regime in Vietnam on the Jackson-Vanik provision of the Trade Act of 1974. During the…

Rejecting this waiver means one thing in policy. One policy decision is being made today, and that is whether or not we are going to subsidize American businessmen, take taxpayer dollars and guarantee the loans that they are getting and…

Let me remind my colleagues, this has nothing to do with erecting economic barriers around China. It has nothing to do with an embargo. It has everything to do with removing a subsidy. That is the only effect of this vote that we are…

I have introduced House Joint Resolution 50 with my colleague from Ohio (Mr. Brown) to disapprove the extension of the President's waiver on the Jackson-Vanik provision in the Trade Act of 1974. My reason for this resolution is to protect…

No matter how much we would like to say that there has been human rights progress in China, there has been no human rights progress in China. In fact, the situation has retrogressed in the last few years. Today, China is, yes, advancing…

I was not going to get up until I heard the legalistic arguments against this proposal. Let me just say, my mother passed away recently. She had a major operation. I went to the hospital to visit her. She had lost her appetite, and she was…

The parties are the corporations that worked them as slave laborers and our POWs. The United States Government should not be getting in the way.

Mr. Chairman, I am offering an amendment in support of former American prisoners of war who were used by slave labor by Japanese corporations during the Second World War. These heroes survived the Bataan Death March, only to be transported…

let me also note, and it is important for us to make this point because not only are we talking today to the Japanese people and to the American people, we are talking about our relations between our countries and I do not want anyone to…

today I rise to pay homage to a very special group of American veterans. As all veterans, these World War II survivors have sacrificed and have suffered for their country. But this special group is different. This group that I would like…

I have no corporate background myself, but I made several times the point that corporations do have responsibility for their actions. Even though it happened a while ago, a corporation would still have legal responsibility for the actions…

I rise in support of H.R. 2131. Mr. Speaker, let me just note that the argument that we must try to preserve our tropical rain forests because the tropical rain forests have a possible treasure house of biodiversity for this generation and…

I rise tonight to pay homage to a special group of veterans. As all vets, all World War II survivors, they sacrificed for their country. But this is a very special group of veterans, a very special group of veterans from the Second World…

I could not disagree with my colleagues more on the issue of missile defense. I am the chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics and we do have the capacity and the capability of knocking down an enemy missile that might have a…

The gentleman has taken on a tremendous responsibility and has done a terrific job in calling attention to some issues that are vital to our national security and vital to the interests of the American people. Unless we address the problem…

First and foremost, the reason we would like immigration to be in a very controlled and rational process, rather than what we have today, which is totally out of control, a chaotic situation, is because people who come here should come…

we may have a disagreement on the decline on bringing down the legal number of immigrants. I think a million people coming in in a very rational approach and trying to bring in people who can take care of themselves are honest and healthy…

In order to vote in this country, one is supposed to be a citizen of the United States. In order to become a citizen of the United States, one has to be proficient in the English language. That is part of the requirement of citizenship. By…