Dana Rohrabacher

I hope that if there is any message that we send out from this hearing and it is to those Muslims who are under attack, you have human rights.

We have not crossed that line at that threshold yet but maybe this upcoming election if it is held correctly will put us into a position where we have at least crossed into the line of acceptability.

We are happy to hear that. And it has taken a number of--a horrendous amount of effort on the part of our State Department.

The history of elections in Burma have been really something that has--it has been on my radar screen.

If we continue to hit the president's budget request and in many case go beyond the President's budget request and yet we still have delay after delay and we don't have the launch frequencies necessary maybe to maintain the safety that is…

NASA spends a billion dollars a year proving global warming... maybe if someone on that side of the aisle might be willing to give up that money...

We have a huge asteroid that's going to come by the Earth... and we have no plan...

How much have we already spent on the Mars project?

Regrettably, however, this proposal contains no budget, it contains no schedule, no deadlines.

Great nations do great things, and fortune favors the bold.

The Obama Administration cannot continue to claim that it prioritizes Mars exploration if it refuses to prioritize and support the programs that will get us there.

I stand in opposition, and I stand in favor of the spirit of what you are trying to accomplish, but this will not achieve your goal and go in the opposite direction.

I do support the basic goal of this legislation, which is to reaffirm that we believe as Americans that the democratic process should be followed in Ukraine.

But what about that nutritional thing just that basically you were mentioning?

I don't think we can be a nation-building organization for everywhere in the world anymore, we just can't afford it.

We need to restructure American foreign aid. I don't think that we can give grants to people, frankly, anymore.

What about we were told that there would be greater freedom of press and freedom of speech if we just had greater economic relationships?

Sometimes impacts of these type of visits are not measurable in terms of the economy or in terms of events that happen within a small short framework after the visit.

Let me suggest that when we are dealing with such a regime that we shouldn't be playing these games.

We were told there would be opposition parties that would be permitted. Are there opposition parties now functioning in China to take the place of the ruling Communist Party?

I was very honored to have led the floor fight, with Congressman Chris Cox at the time, opposing Most Favored Nation status for China.

The worst is having it seem to have no impact but having it demoralize the people in China who are trying to build a better China.

I join my colleague from Orange County, California, and her deep concern for what is going on in the Middle East. Today I rise to speak out about the genocide that is taking place in the Middle East, that is being committed against…

We are going to have to make sure that we establish, and this hearing is the first step toward getting an honest discussion of this.

I think this is a very fruitful discussion, but only probably the first one that we should have on this issue.