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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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Jul 11, 2017

Thank you, that is what I was really looking for, Pakistan and Yemen.

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Jul 11, 2017

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And again I want to point out that the leadership of Mr. Engel and Mr. Royce have again demonstrated that there are a lot of areas that we can work together on.

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Jun 28, 2017

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for having this hearing today and organized as it is so that we can have a better understanding of the goals and the technology needed to achieve those goals.

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Jun 28, 2017

I'm very pleased to hear that all that money that we spent on fusion energy didn't go to waste.

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Jun 28, 2017

Most of the people who come here, most of the people flooding here, even the illegals, are basically wonderful people. But that doesn't mean that we can bring in more than that, 1 million-- By the way, we need to understand, don't condemn…

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Jun 28, 2017

I have not been a friend of necessarily spending more money on fusion energy. I felt that was something that doesn't seem like we've made much progress.

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Jun 28, 2017

It's been a very educational experience. God bless.

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Jun 27, 2017

Venezuela used to be a shining example of how freedom can work, and although there were a lot of problems people were working together there peacefully.

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Jun 27, 2017

Well let's see if we can do that. That's an avenue--we shouldn't just look at scientific basic research as simply it's going to be part of the federal bureaucratic programs that we--let's see if we can make things more efficient by making…

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Jun 27, 2017

Rather than giving $150 billion to their oppressors, we should be seeing what people we can actually be supportive of in Iran who oppose the mullah regime.

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Jun 27, 2017

I think that should be unacceptable and you can rest assured that those of us on this committee will be backing you up when you make such stands.

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Jun 27, 2017

my colleagues on the other side of the aisle lament that we got out of the Paris Treaty, which really cost us billions of dollars, billions.

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Jun 27, 2017

We should also be concerned about Turkey. Turkey is going exactly the wrong way.

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Jun 27, 2017

I think President Trump is doing a great job--doing a fantastic job.

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Jun 27, 2017

I happen to believe in limited government, and I believe how we can make sure that government doesn't grow out of proportion is making sure that science develops alternatives so that we can solve vexing problems through science rather than…

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Jun 27, 2017

If there is a way that someone is using the research, should we not try to make further demands on people?

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Jun 26, 2017

I think it is highly likely, and I am not getting into details right now but probably behind closed doors, that we are conducting extensive and then listening and hacking, if you will, overseas and we are sharing that with our European…

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Jun 26, 2017

we need to be working with Russia to defeat radical Islam because that threatens their people and it threatens our people.

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Jun 26, 2017

I voted against permitting the government to have more spying on American citizens, all right.

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Jun 26, 2017

The resilience of the British people, however, is inspiring and reminds me of why America is fortunate to call the British people our friends.

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Jun 26, 2017

Our partners and our allies in Europe have suffered terribly at the hands of violent Islamic terrorists.

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Jun 26, 2017

This hearing serves as one more example of our trans-Atlantic solidarity and our commitment to confront and destroy evil forces in this world.

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Jun 26, 2017

We are cooperating with Europe, correctly, are we involved in spying on European citizens in order to track down these terrorists that we wouldn't be allowed to do in our own country?

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Jun 26, 2017

With all due respect, saying that only 3 percent of the terrorists come from the migrant camps or have migrated in totally distorts the view of what we are really talking about.

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Jun 26, 2017

I mentioned that the ranking member and I, Mr. Keating, went to Russia and we met with the head of their renamed KGB--FSB, I guess they call it--and they were very generous with us with information.

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