Dana Rohrabacher

simply put, this bill is good for science and good for the taxpayer. Titles III, IV, and V concern agencies under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment which I chair. The authorization does not mindlessly cut…

It is about health care in America. It is about providing more efficient health care. It is about saving lives for fewer dollars. That is what this project would do. I represent a district that is the 45th largest district in the U.S…

this is a new Congress, and what the gentleman was describing earlier seems to indicate that this particular item was handled last year, and perhaps had there not been this change over between the Republicans and Democrats, that this might…

I am informed there has been no communication from the university this year, and that this was not presented to our subcommittee, nowhere along the line. If this is such an important project and this is so justifiable, why was not an…

I personally would go a lot further than what the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] has, but he wants to be responsible and try to make sure everybody can vote for this, and he is letting Dana Rohrabacher be the radical here. But…

first of all, this might be a very fine program, and it probably is a very fine program, but what does this have to do with the Department of Energy?

I have been in Washington, DC, since 1980, when I came here with Ronald Reagan as a member of his White House staff, and I can tell you we did not end the cold war by being afraid to act. Every time Ronald Reagan tried to do anything, he…

I hope some of you have noticed that there is something in this country besides the government and the taxpayers. We have got foundations. We have got universities. We have not-for-profit and for-profit people who do things like this. Ted…

I heard the saying a long time ago that government is the most efficient method known to man of turning pure energy into solid waste. Unfortunately, that is the feeling I get when I see the way we are handling our budget decisions. We are…

Not in research and development, only in promotion, which is what this bill deals with.

Mr. Chairman, have no doubt about it, this amendment would gut the reform that the Republicans have brought to the foreign policy establishment of this country. The American people voted for change. We have come forward with a bold plan of…

Reclaiming my time in order to answer the question, we are bringing down these budgets, and by restructuring we are forcing those people, those managers within the system, to be more efficient, to make decisions that will make their…

Today we are sending a message to the world. We are sending a message to the people of Taiwan. We are sending a message to the people of China. We are sending a message to the dictators in Beijing. Today we are extending a hand of…

I would like to draw the attention of my colleagues to the fact that since we have been negotiating and working out problems here on the floor, trying to save the taxpayer $100 million here and $1 billion here and $1 billion there, that…

It is a bit cynical, I believe, for us not to mention this, and to keep talking about other issues, about how we are trying to bring down the budget deficit. How can we debate bringing down the budget deficit by $100 million here or we are…

Mr. Chairman, that was a very emotional appeal but the fact is there are many facts that were incorrect in the presentation. Yes indeed, the Department of Energy did solicit on this project in 1991. Shortly thereafter, within a few years…

I am told by the Department of Energy that the funds have not been expended and that $9 million has been spent and that we can save $10 million by acting now.

First, Mr. Chairman, I would like to apologize to some Members to whom earlier I stated that I would probably not be introducing this particular amendment, realizing that after the full discussion that we had on the Corporation for Public…

Reclaiming my time, every time we try to cut the budget around here, every time we say, Let us not spend Federal money in this area, let us cut the deficit, we are always told, My goodness, there is going to be a catastrophe, people are…

In terms of the bailout, the Mexican bailout, there was no vote in this body on the transfer of those funds. In fact, when the President of the United States turned to Congress and saw that there was no support in Congress for this $40…

Your complaint today is we did not bring up the term limit votes today. Is there some doubt in your mind that it will be brought up during the first 100 days as was promised the American people.

in the last Congress there was a lot of tough talk about illegal immigration; however, little got accomplished. The Democrat majority repeatedly prevented us from considering legislation to stop the flood of illegal immigration facing our…

this legislation makes a loud and clear statement to the world. As we have heard earlier, the cold war is over. The United States bore the burden for decades. Our troops were put in harm's way to save the peoples of the world from fascism…

Now $30 billion. Now a $30 billion trade surplus with the United States. And for these people, for the Government of China to be running these factory operations, stealing our intellectual property rights, ripping them off, extracting…

the President's veto power is granted by the Constitution, and we have heard today the question: Why, why, why change this power now or try to have some impact on how this power is being used in this body? Well, I will be very happy to…