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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.
the House will soon vote on a bill concerning patent law in the United States of America, and that is a ho-hum of an issue for most people. In fact, it is one of those issues that people want to turn their radios off if it even comes on a…
during election years we hear a lot of people who are steamed on this issue or that issue. They are very upset about it. The fact is that many times it is just because it is an election year, and we have to remember that. For example, the…
This is totally consistent. Even before Billy Dale was fired, I remember when this administration came in, I remember it like it was yesterday, all of a sudden they started calling taxation, what, contributions. And they started calling…
Let me just note that I worked in the White House for 7 years. I was a speech writer for Ronald Reagan during that time period. I am fully aware of the apparatus in the White House, and I was absolutely horrified to see what was going on…
Every dirty little thing that anybody can say, totally unsubstantiated rumors are put in FBI files. And they are put in there so that later on if there is a problem, people might follow up, the FBI might follow up to see if there was…
How this ties in, of course, is that Billy Dale's FBI file was pulled in order to what? In order to destroy that person, in order to give cover to the President and his clique. They were going to destroy this man, and those are the people…
I would like to now talk a few minutes about another issue that is, I believe, perhaps just as disturbing as anything we were talking about in terms of what is going on down at the White House. The issue I am talking about is whether or…
We know what happens when someone is put into this situation. Ordinary working people, they say, you can defend yourself against these charges. We know what that means. That means that someone's life savings is gone. That means that…
in May 1994, President Clinton de- linked human rights considerations from our trading relationship with China. He told us then that an improving economy in China would be accompanied by an improvement in Beijing's respect for human rights…
As far as I am concerned, that is not a legitimate part of the debate, although we hear it time and time again expressed. The fact is we are talking about the current trade status. Now, those who are opposed to my resolution accurately say…
It is unbelievable. We have heard today the charge that those of us who are opposed to most-favored-nation status for China are talking about isolating and walking away from China. That is not the case. China is not a country to be…
The second issue that I would like to discuss today is also an issue that deals with trade, interestingly enough, and the well-being of the American people and the relationship with others, because I believe what is pushing our…
If we had made that stand a few years ago instead of heeding those naysayers who said, do not let the moral stand, we are going to evolve China away, rather than making a tough stand, we would probably right now be voting to grant…
So we know that the Chinese dictatorship is willing to execute someone simply for exercising what we consider to be our rights as citizens and the rights of free people; we know that, and we also know that they are engaged in a ghoulish…
But we do know that people have been executed in China only for opposing the regime?
When the American people see their Congressmen over the Fourth of July holiday, it would be actually a good moment to remind the Member of Congress that we should be standing up for what our forefathers believed in, these principles of…
the House will soon vote on most- favored-nation status with China. That means should we have a trading relationship with this Communist dictatorship that violates the rights of its people, is belligerent against its neighbors, is helping…
The gentleman would probably be interested in knowing that the day after Scharansky met with Ronald Reagan, I was in the Israeli Embassy at a reception honoring Scharansky, and through the crowd, he was the honored guest, he walked…
I agree that we voted today to get to the root causes and to condemn the hatred that resulted in the warped mind that resulted in the burning of black churches in America, or synagogues or any other kind of churches, that this is not…
I rise to warn my colleagues that powerful interest groups are involved in one of the most insidious attacks on the well-being of the American people that I have seen in my 8 years in Congress. It is an insidious attack because a decade…
next week this House will have a chance to vote on H.R. 3460, the Moorhead-Schroeder Patent Act, which I believe should be entitled the ``Steal American Technologies Act.'' Members of the Committee on the Judiciary yesterday were given…
I am here tonight to discuss a bill that will be coming to this body next week or the week thereafter. A bill that will dramatically--dramatically--change the patent laws of this country. Mr. Speaker, it is a bill that I believe is part of…
in the next 2 weeks a vital issue will be coming to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote. We will be deciding whether or not America will continue to have a strong patent system or whether our country will obliterate what…
I would hope that we can discuss issues like that in a spirit of camaraderie, except I will have to note that when people misquote other people's positions, they can expect people to get upset about it. I will say that what I have heard…
Not only did they support the Russian invasion but during the war Indian pilots, we were told, were actually flying missions in Afghanistan for the Communist-supported government.
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