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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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Dec 7, 2015

I would hope that we come to our senses and, number one, treat Pakistan as it deserves to be treated by the decisions they have made that affect us.

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Dec 2, 2015

So five years and $300 million. Would we have a prototype then or just demonstrating the----

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Dec 2, 2015

We need to move forward in a rational way, and I'm afraid that we're moving forward with big companies now that basically want to build what they've already built, and I hope that's not the case.

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Dec 2, 2015

If it was--if the scale was smaller, this would not be as great a challenge by definition, and look, we need to move forward, not base--again, light water reactors, they've been around since before I was born.

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Dec 2, 2015

How much would it cost to build one of these?

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Dec 2, 2015

We can have each community can have their small reactor and you're not going to have this vulnerability that we have now with some solar surge or some nuclear explosion up in the atmosphere.

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Dec 2, 2015

Again, there's--we have some new weapon systems right now that we need small modular nuclear reactor in order to make those weapon systems work.

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Dec 1, 2015

We have had a special relationship with the French people since their crucial support for American independence during our struggle for our own freedom.

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Dec 1, 2015

We need to be supportive of all of those who are attacking and trying to defeat radical Islam.

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Dec 1, 2015

These terrorists, whether they are people who are Palestinians who are conducting terrorism on Israel or these other, they don't have really a large source of money.

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Dec 1, 2015

Anytime you shoot rockets into a country, especially if it is indiscriminately to try to just murder people, I would say that is terrorism.

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Dec 1, 2015

This hearing sort of cements my view that we are entering into a new historic era, and the cold war is over.

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Dec 1, 2015

This era may well be known as the era of Islamic terrorism.

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Nov 17, 2015

I think it's a good thing that we have companies and other government agencies utilizing this asset.

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Nov 17, 2015

First of all, I would like to thank the chairman, Chairman Royce, and Ranking Member Engel for the great leadership they are providing at this moment in our history when we need that type of leadership the most. What we are witnessing is…

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Nov 17, 2015

Let me just note there are contractors not just in the labs. There are contractors throughout the federal government, many of them risking their lives, having operations overseas with our military and our intelligence agencies.

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Nov 16, 2015

we need to focus on the economic element of the plan.

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Nov 16, 2015

is this administration so focused on global warming, that we are passing up ways of expanding prosperity and the well-being of these emerging opportunities in the Arctic?

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Nov 16, 2015

is our Government working with private industry and our allies, such as Canada, to build the infrastructure which enables strategic economic development?

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Nov 16, 2015

how about if there is going to be a harvesting of fish, or an extraction of minerals, or oil, and gas, would it be possible for us to have a user fee, or a tax on those specifically?

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Nov 16, 2015

We should be focusing on finding ways to cooperate in mutually beneficial development with Russia rather than approach the Arctic issues with hostility and belligerence.

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Nov 16, 2015

If there is anything that we should unite on, is that we are protecting and making sure that this place we call home, Earth, is taken care of.

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Nov 16, 2015

the purpose of this hearing is not to debate science, whether or not what is taking place is part of a natural cycle, or whether it can be traced to the human production of CO2.

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Nov 4, 2015

an arrogant usurpation of authority by the Administration, and the EPA is perhaps one of the ones that... create a legal authority when perhaps they do not have it.

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Nov 4, 2015

there is a conflict between the legislative and executive branches over who's going to make the rules

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