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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 25, 2018

What we seem to be having now and what you're describing is that the Chinese Government is going through another period where it is clamping down in order to stamp out those forces in society, especially those containing religion like the…

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Sep 25, 2018

We are against the radical Islamic terrorists who, basically, attack the United States.

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Sep 25, 2018

But the people--the Uyghurs and the people of China should get the message that we are willing.

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Sep 25, 2018

We need to be--make sure that the Muslim population of the world knows that we are not against their religion.

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Jul 24, 2018

I understand you're not making a profit on this project now, and I think that is a factor that is going to try to influence people to try to make the right decisions.

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Jul 24, 2018

You've done a disservice to achieving those goals by not being able to do your job.

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Jul 24, 2018

That's not what you tell our young people and encourage them to get involved in your industry.

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Jul 24, 2018

I don't think that we should look to our young people and give them an example of being eight times over budget and twice as long in cost overruns.

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Jul 24, 2018

We should be changing the policy so that this doesn't happen like this again.

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Jul 24, 2018

This is about the biggest screw job I've ever seen, and it's the taxpayers getting screwed here.

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Jul 24, 2018

India has every reason to be alarmed by this new cooperation and coordination between China and Pakistan.

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Jul 24, 2018

What we have got and what we need to recognize that the world is not the same as it was 20 and 30 years ago.

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Jul 23, 2018

Our focus today is on urban air mobility, a concept that can include delivery drones and personal air vehicles.

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Jul 23, 2018

Every Member who comes to today's hearing is going to get a flying car, and I am going to show it.

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Jul 23, 2018

When the United States is trying to make up its mind what to do, we better do it rationally and we shouldn't be doing it based on some--on an analysis that is not in firm ground of reality.

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Jul 23, 2018

I hope that if anything comes out of this hearing it's that we support the people of Iran who are trying to overthrow the mullah dictatorship.

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Jul 23, 2018

Any discussion of Egypt is an important thing. It is vital because if the Egyptian government would happen to come under the domination of a radical Islamist, the entire Middle East would be destabilized and there would be war.

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Jul 17, 2018

If it becomes a radical Islamic situation... it will be a disaster for the things that we believe in the United States.

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Jul 17, 2018

When we look at this part of the world, this is a huge chunk... I believe that's the center of the world.

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Jul 17, 2018

We can't stress that too strongly. This is a rare moment. We've got to seize it.

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Jul 17, 2018

Well, I would hope that we do not, which is unfortunate, many times when people are trying to come to grips with an authoritarian government that is involved with some type of repressive system, look, we have to make sure that we are not…

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Jul 17, 2018

When you have--you're right, it's not just the Saudis--but you have had this major investment of billions of dollars in madrassas schools, for example, where they're teaching kids how that they're--how not to read and write and do…

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Jul 17, 2018

I don't believe that they--people of that area, at least the ones I've talked to, and I don't think it's rational that, unless you are yourself, someone who believes in this radical form of Islam that wants to relegate women to having to…

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Jul 17, 2018

The Saudis have pumped billions--billions of dollars in the last 30 years into promoting a Wahhabi concept of their faith.

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Jul 17, 2018

This is--this is a Muslim population country but we actually have relatively light, let's put it, persecution.

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