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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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Sep 27, 1996

in 1992, when then-Governor Clinton was kicking off his presidential campaign, I have a distant memory of that event. And recently someone called my attention to the subject matter that he used to kick off his presidential campaign. I am…

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Sep 27, 1996

If we send a message to the people of the world, which we have, ``Come on in, come on in, because you will get the benefits if you can come to the United States, legally or illegally.'' One of the things that concerns me the most is that…

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Sep 27, 1996

It was a secret operation. He wouldn't be telling any one. Do any of the allegations being made, and obviously there are some very bad characters involved with drug dealing on various sides of various issues, but did any of these drug…

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Sep 27, 1996

President Clinton has been in California probably more often than Ronald Reagan. The fact is that he is out there visiting his billionaire buddies from Hollywood and, of course, these billionaire buddies, along with the millionaires, are…

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Sep 26, 1996

I am just so angry tonight that I am almost beside myself, so it is hard to contain my anger. When the people of California find out the betrayal that has happened to them, they too, I believe, will be so angry that it will overflow and be…

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Sep 26, 1996

He was not only in San Diego but he was in Los Angeles and he was throughout our State telling people, I am going to work with Congress and we are going to try to protect you from this flood of illegal aliens that is draining all the money…

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Sep 25, 1996

I remember the 1986 bill. That is the one that granted amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants and sent the message out to all the people in the world, ``Come to the United States because if you get in, eventually they're going to wear…

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Sep 25, 1996

I congratulate my fellow Californian, Congressman Elton Gallegly. He has fought a long and hard battle to get this issue to the floor and to have our Government come to grips with a major threat to the well-being of the people of the…

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Sep 12, 1996

as part of its commercialization agreement with the Government, Gridcore is paying royalties on its profits. As a result, the taxpayers will get more back in terms of what Gridcore is giving them through royalties than it costs us in the…

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Sep 12, 1996

I think we should. Mr. Speaker, I asked for this time to report to theHouse on a field briefing and site visit that was held on August 8, a hearing and field briefing that was hosted by the Energy and Environmental Subcommittee which I…

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Sep 12, 1996

Let us just hope, I happen to believe that we should try to explain in a very heartfelt, way, those of us whose eyes have been opened, that honestly, there is no other, once you conclude that life begins at conception you cannot have any…

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Sep 12, 1996

Right. Almost every Republican voted to side with our troops. You do not put people out in that condition unless you are willing to back them up, and the last thing you want to do is put them out in the middle of the desert as it is going…

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Sep 12, 1996

Actually, it is worse than what you are presenting. The fact is that we had hundreds of thousands of Americans in the desert in a very vulnerable situation. They were in a hostile environment, even if there were no enemy troops out to kill…

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Sep 12, 1996

This really is tragic that the other side, who is so opposed to any restrictions on abortion, have been able to blind themselves about what this is. There should be no question about this.

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Sep 11, 1996

so this document seems to indicate that the senior staff of the White House knew there was something wrong and was looking into this situation that would have led them to investigate what was happening with what a year later became…

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Sep 11, 1996

I have not read this memo, obviously. I appreciate the gentleman making this available to me and available to the other Members. But just a quick glance shows you that one of the issues red-flagged in this memo is how to deal with…

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Sep 11, 1996

So Chuck Colson, in the Nixon era, when we had a Republican in the White House, was found guilty of mishandling one FBI file and went to prison. And today we know that there were probably up to 900 FBI files in the possession of a person…

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Sep 11, 1996

So we can assume through this memo, can we not, that basically the White House and the upper echelons of the White House were red-flagging every possible problem so that they could build contingency plans in case these things came to the…

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Sep 11, 1996

Let us remember what happened when the information about the Filegate scandal came out originally. Correct me if my memory is faulty here. Did the President not act like he did not know anything about this? In fact, did the President not…

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Sep 11, 1996

Could this be characterized again, and you looked at these things legally, Mr. Cox, and you are a trained lawyer and I am not, I have a journalistic background, but would it be inaccurate to suggest that this was a game plan for a coverup?

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Sep 11, 1996

having our background in the White House, let us examine this angle of the story. What has happened in other White Houses that we could actually compare it to? Did Chuck Colson not have something to do with an FBI file?

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Sep 11, 1996

And this man had been involved with opposition research during political campaigns prior to this time?

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Sep 11, 1996

The first figure we were given by the White House was, I think, 39 or something like that, FBI files were involved, they in fact knew that the number that they were giving out at that time was incorrect. This indicates that they had done a…

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Aug 1, 1996

Today we learned the joyous news our colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. McDade], was found not guilty on all charges against him. Joe was one of the most admired and distinguished Members of this body. He is much beloved by…

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Jul 24, 1996

this is further proof of the existence of God. Obey and Rohrabacher on the same side talking in disagreement with the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Walker. Let me say that I want to commend the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] and…

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