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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 15, 2016

When Castro dies and his brother is thrown out of power, then we should move, and again maybe that would be a good time for us to close Guantanamo.

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Mar 15, 2016

More people, their human rights are violated in China than anywhere else in the world.

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Mar 15, 2016

the fact is that it is a hard core dictatorship, and our President I don't even think should be visiting that country

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Mar 15, 2016

They believe in yoga and meditation, they are a threat to no one, and yet they are being slaughtered in the secret jail cells throughout China.

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Mar 15, 2016

This resolution will make sure that we put everybody on notice that this is not going to be ignored anymore.

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Mar 15, 2016

If we close Guantanamo now, the fact is every terrorist in the world will look at it as a victory for them over the United States.

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Mar 14, 2016

Let me just note, we have a lot of these--there are countries all over the world right now.

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Mar 14, 2016

The Czechs and the Slovaks managed to pull this off very quickly.

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Mar 14, 2016

We have not had the courage of our conviction.

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Mar 14, 2016

I think today we are launching a dialogue on an issue that has just been ignored, although it has had dramatic impact on our world.

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Mar 14, 2016

So sometimes we can do better than simply saying whatever the majority decides goes.

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Mar 14, 2016

they do have a right to seek independence, and then it has to be managed in a way that it doesn't destabilize.

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Mar 14, 2016

I think it is really about the democratic legitimacy, about the consent of the government.

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Mar 14, 2016

I do believe that is their right.

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Mar 2, 2016

It is disconcerting that the Executive Director of a major government program is unwilling to commit.

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Mar 2, 2016

The Republicans I know are against any subsidies to oil and gas or anybody else.

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Mar 1, 2016

I'm afraid the wording of this resolution will include--by including everyone that has been under attack in the Middle East we have diluted the fact that the Christians and Yezidis are specifically targeted for genocide.

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Mar 1, 2016

We are at war with radical Islam terrorism under ISIL, which we have just now discussed in great detail.

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Mar 1, 2016

I think this resolution, while of course well intended and I certainly recognize that, makes about as much sense as in 1942 demanding that we have to have a resolution condemning Joe Stalin and the Communist Party in Russia.

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Mar 1, 2016

Obviously, the Christians from those countries and the Yezidis from those countries are targets of genocide.

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Mar 1, 2016

When we take the Government of Syria, which yes, has committed atrocities against its people, when we take that in the middle of the war against ISIL we are undermining the fight against ISIL.

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Feb 24, 2016

Are you unable to say radical Islamic terrorism, as our President is unable to say?

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Feb 24, 2016

For us to not have made a decision and that we're making the decision but that decision hasn't been made yet is unacceptable.

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Feb 24, 2016

It's time for America to act and the excuse that we've got to study it, we got to ask the lawyers what the wording is, is this really preference or not, is unacceptable.

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Feb 24, 2016

It is disheartening when a member of--when a representative of our Government can't say radical Islamic terrorism and at the same time can't make a decision whether Christians are being targeted for genocide.

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