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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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Jun 15, 2015

And I believe perhaps this travesty that we are discussing and describing there really reflects why some of us don't have faith that the United Nations--considering that there is a Cuban head of the Human Rights Commission.

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Jun 15, 2015

I personally believe that if General, now President el-Sisi in Egypt, is overthrown... we are in big trouble.

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Jun 15, 2015

I keep hearing people mention Russia, Russia, Russia. But radical Islam is, to me, the major threat we must face today.

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Jun 15, 2015

We should not be taking Central Asia for granted.

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Jun 15, 2015

Every dollar we use to help people in foreign countries places that much additional burden on the backs of the American taxpayer.

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Jun 15, 2015

And although there are some things that we obviously disagree on, I want to associate myself with my colleagues' concern about the blackout of reporting of human rights abuses in Cuba.

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Jun 15, 2015

I would hope that we can take step by step back from that and the first step in that is to try to stop the actual physical fighting between the Ukrainians and the separatists.

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Jun 15, 2015

I think it demands us more than just to say something but it demands us to do something.

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Jun 15, 2015

I think that trying to push our belief in--from Western civilization belief that, for example, most of us don't believe that we should have multiple wives.

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Jun 15, 2015

But I think people would resent it here if we had people who were being paid by foreign governments to come in and tell us what energy policies are best for our country.

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Jun 15, 2015

What the people of the Ukraine have had is government after government after government coming in, with the hope of the people that new government is going to be a noncorrupt government.

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Jun 15, 2015

I think the corruption issue is the direct cause for the problems that are in Ukraine today, not just their economic situation but this military confrontation that they have.

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Jun 15, 2015

I think that in Hungary in particular we heard some people complaining that their government was being pressured by American taxpayer groups.

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Jun 15, 2015

I think our humanness of our values certainly would demand that of any free people.

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Jun 15, 2015

Military spending and providing debt to a country in order to finance an unnecessary conflict is a horrendous burden.

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Jun 15, 2015

I have to admit that it certainly is--we need to be involved with helping hands for countries like Kosovo and other countries.

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Jun 15, 2015

Yet, let me note that we are currently $18 trillion in debt and the debt is increasing every day.

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Jun 15, 2015

I would hope that this particular incident is a wake-up call for all of us about Central Asia.

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Jun 10, 2015

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following: Sec. _. None of the funds made available in this Act may…

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Jun 10, 2015

Today I rise to alert my colleagues and to alert the American people that a bill is being marked up in the Committee on the Judiciary this coming Thursday, H.R. 9. This bill is a grave threat to the rights of the American people to own the…

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Jun 9, 2015

Today I would like to alert my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, and I would like to alert the American people that there is a monstrous piece of legislation that will do great damage to our country and to the welfare of the American…

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Jun 2, 2015

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

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Jun 2, 2015

Who has the right to close? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has the right to close.

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Jun 2, 2015

Let me just say this. I just wish you would have talked to the very doctors and people I know that have been suffering, and they have gone to their doctor and asked for help, and the doctors have said, ``Yes, medical marijuana will help…

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Jun 2, 2015

I appreciate that from my colleague. Look, our Founding Fathers didn't want criminal justice to be handled by the Federal Government. I don't know what government you want to have in our country, but most of us here don't believe that the…

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