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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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Mar 21, 2017

I am proud that American support helped these three Baltic countries reestablish their independence as communism collapsed in the Soviet Union.

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Mar 21, 2017

Let me just remind you, you are looking at the ultimate cold warrior here.

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Mar 21, 2017

I hear about the amassing of 300,000 troops in Russian territory, in Russia, is an act of an aggression against their neighboring countries.

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Mar 20, 2017

The people of North Korea are victims. They are people who--perhaps many of them who don't even know they are victims.

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Mar 20, 2017

It is time to get tough with Korea, right? North Korea, however, shouldn't be mistaken, when we get tough with North Korea, that we are getting tough with the North Korean people.

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Mar 20, 2017

Our greatest strategy could be putting out an all-out effort to inform the people of North Korea exactly what is happening in the rest of the world.

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Mar 20, 2017

Either we are going to do this and we are going to get rid of that regime and work with the people of North Korea to free themselves, or we are not.

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Mar 8, 2017

And let us note, that in order to get Russia, what we are now doing is destabilizing our own democratic system here with that kind of nonsense.

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Mar 8, 2017

I worked not only with President Reagan but my entire life was dedicated to defeating communism.

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Mar 8, 2017

But please do not say that Russia is the only country that commits these kind of crimes.

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Mar 8, 2017

The Russians acted like bullies and they were going to get their way with a cyberattack.

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Mar 8, 2017

I was very happy when Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War by reaching out to Russia.

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Mar 7, 2017

We don't want to regulate and protect us to the point that we're not able to do anything in space.

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Mar 7, 2017

If we can do that in 1967, to try to further space cooperation, we could do that today.

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Mar 7, 2017

just because we don't have to regulate something in advance doesn't mean that there are no regulatory mechanisms ex post

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Mar 7, 2017

Space debris is something I would suggest that, Mr. Chairman, this Subcommittee focus on.

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Mar 7, 2017

I have noticed that over the years as I have been trying to figure out how the world works that government bureaucratic regulation is actually the most efficient method known to man for turning pure energy into solid waste.

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Mar 7, 2017

This is a level of discussion that we need to have before we actually move forward with litigation--or legislation, which brings litigation.

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Feb 27, 2017

If we turn our back and just say, 'That doesn't affect us,' what we are talking about is an arrogant disruption of international rights-of-way.

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Feb 27, 2017

Certainly, China--I led the floor fight when I came here with Chris Cox against Most Favored Nation status with China.

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Feb 27, 2017

guess what they were pumping into the hothouses? CO2. Now, why? Because it makes the plants grow better.

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Feb 27, 2017

That has proven to be absolutely wrong. And I call it the 'hug a Nazi, make a liberal' theory.

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Feb 27, 2017

how many times have we heard that the tornados and the hurricanes are more frequent, but they're not.

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Feb 27, 2017

a consensus may mean 75 percent, it may mean 60 percent, it may mean ten percent and the others don't know for sure.

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Feb 27, 2017

Let's just note that President Abe in Japan has been doing his best to end the type of relationship that you have just described.

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