Dana Rohrabacher

I think it was a mistake on our part. And I voted for that to support President Bush when he went into Iraq. That was a horrible mistake. And Saddam Hussein was not our enemy. And guess what, I don't think Assad is our enemy.

I think that we ought to start analyzing Russia, which is one of the reasons why you have this hearing.

Would it not be better to try to set up a system where we are not offering some sort of economic sanction, but instead if we catch you and your people, how do you say, disturbing our system, our economic system in some way or our weapons…

I think that the threat to Western civilization, to the non-Muslim world from radical Islam, Islamic terrorists, is real.

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.

The Russian character had been developed in great part due to its constant fight with Islam on its borders.

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

Let us remember that when Saddam Hussein was eliminated it brought chaos. When Qadhafi was eliminated it brought chaos.

And al-Nusrah, to you, is a radical Islamic group?

Why is that Assad being a bad guy, but knowing that he doesn't intend to kill Americans, why aren't we helping, going along with the idea of going over there and helping the bad guy who wants to kill people who want to murder Americans?

I'm concerned about a couple of things. One of the things I'm most concerned about is that we end up using our own money, and our own tax dollars that have been used in the name of fighting this horrible threat of radical Islamic terrorism.

I think the idea that we should just create a Third Force on our own and go out there and support it with people that we don't know, basically, because we're creating a new force, I think has been a catastrophe for the stability of the…

It is whether or not this totalitarian power will be expanding its area of influence, but in some ways control.

I congratulate you for stepping up and providing that leadership.

Although we had a promise that if we increased our economic ties to China... that there would be a liberalization of their system.

I would like to disassociate myself with Mr. Grayson's line of questioning.

The storage of electricity is a major part of this whole concept of how we're going to deal with this.

When we are discussing China and its influences, this is not just a situation where the United States wants to dominate the world...

This is an issue that is vital to our country's safety and security, and frankly, this is the first detailed hearing I've been to on it.

Years ago there was--I first noted this when--and the Chinese targets and how they handle it economically...

Without access to water and the implications that it holds for personal hygiene, agriculture, industry, far too many people will be forced to accept lower standards of living.

Access to clean water is absolutely essential to each and every human being.

I look forward to consulting with both of you is to see if we might be able to help focus the United States' efforts in Gaza.

The cleaner water in the urban area, the less money has to be spent for taking care of people's health problem, and investment in the water would negate some of that cost.

As Members of Congress concerned with foreign policy, we must think how this dynamic may spark conflicts over natural resources or destabilize very fragile governments.