Dana Rohrabacher

I honestly believe we need to make sure human rights is a major part of our policy.

I don't believe that any of those countries demonstrably have more respect for human rights than the Azeris have.

If Azerbaijan would go the direction of Iran, and if radical Islam would sweep into Central Asia, the world would not be a decent place to live.

Azerbaijan is a very significant country to the well-being of the United States and the stability of the world.

If we are going to have a solid commitment on human rights, which I believe in, we have to make sure that the people in the Azerbaijani Government know that they are not being singled out with a double-standard.

When you restrict people's right to criticize the government, it encourages corruption and it makes it more difficult to solve the problems that exist.

When it gets to the point that international civil society groups... are forced to pull back their presence out of fear of oppression and incarceration, it should send a loud signal to the government that its policies are heading in the…

The human rights situation in Azerbaijan cannot be overlooked.

The reason that comparison is made is because, without doing it, comparing it to its neighbors, it is automatically being compared to western Europe and the United States.

It is a sad day when the Swiss are more courageous than the Americans.

How is it possible that somebody has two hearings at the same time?

A democracy cannot exist without the ability of the citizens to freely exercise their voices.

I am deeply troubled by recent efforts by the government to crack down on civil society groups and independent media.

Let's work with those people who will work with us.

I would like to commend my colleague, who has just presented a heartfelt case for scientific and health- related research by the National Institutes of Health. I concur with him that this is a very important part of what we do here. We…

Let me just note that I have been here 26 years, and I have always tried to vote for increases in the specific level of funding for the National Institutes of Health, which, of course, oversees much of this health research that we are…

Today, I rise to have a discussion with my fellow colleagues and with those people throughout the United States who are watching this and reading this in the Congressional Record. The issue I wish to discuss is a matter of grave concern to…

There have been no concessions on their part, so we have changed five decades of U.S. policy.

Isn't that a concession enough?

The President is acting as if he has the right to rule by dictate and over his presidency is changing our country to be more like Castro than having Castro change to be more like a free and open society.

Thank you very much. America is about to send a message to the world exactly on whose side are we on, and I am very proud to stand here with my colleagues, standing on the side of liberty, of justice, of treating people decently, of…

Why are we spending money to build basically reactors based on the same concept that Fukushima was built on?

I am a bit disturbed by some of the directions that we are talking about today and I know we have had this exchange before...

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. And let me congratulate you on a tour of duty here on this Committee and you have done us proud and served your country well with the leadership you have provided.

We need to have a step forward--human progress needs a nudge here.