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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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Mar 10, 2014

I think that you are well motivated. And, of course, who doesn't condemn the horrible crimes that you are talking about?

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Mar 10, 2014

In my area in Orange County, I am very much in favor of when the police get out of hand--and there have been several cases of that in the last couple years, where the police have murdered--for example, in Fullerton, California, where the…

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Mar 10, 2014

I hope that we hear 'With malice toward none and charity for all' rather than 'Let's find out who did what to whom and punish them now.'

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Mar 10, 2014

Maybe if we let these people have their right to self-determination via each county voting on it might lead to a restructuring of the whole system there, which might lead to a little better feelings after a period of time when people have…

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Mar 10, 2014

When I was a young person, one of the first lessons that I learned was that you have got to quit picking at the scab or your wound will never heal.

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Mar 10, 2014

It seems to me that what you are talking about is not moving on but, instead, dwelling on these things.

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Mar 10, 2014

But to think about 20 or 30 years from now bringing the person who oversaw the police in city government who then perhaps let these guys go, if that is what happened, that we are going to bring justice to the case now, you will…

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Mar 10, 2014

The reality is that those who have suffered have the right, in international law, to a proper investigation of their cases.

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Mar 10, 2014

With malice toward none, with charity for all.

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Mar 10, 2014

I do know American history, however, and I do know that the bloodiest war that we ever had was with each other.

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Mar 10, 2014

I have some constituents out, and one thing about democracy, we have to pay attention to our constituents.

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Mar 10, 2014

It is always an honor to be working with Chairman Smith. He is a man of great honor and integrity.

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Mar 5, 2014

I would just urge my colleagues to support this resolution and do all that we can to provide relief for the freedom-loving people of Ukraine.

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Mar 4, 2014

Over the years, I have been in many hearings like this where we discuss terrorism and we discuss attacks.

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Mar 4, 2014

To get right to the point is that was a lot of valuable property.

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Mar 4, 2014

And it seems to me we have seen lots of concessions from the Israelis but I--as time has gone on, I haven't seen the concessions from the Palestinians.

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Mar 4, 2014

Since that time I think Israel has made tremendous concessions to the Palestinians.

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Mar 4, 2014

It seems to me that we have been listening to the Palestinians and before, 20 years ago when I first came here it seemed to me that Israel wasn't listening.

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Mar 4, 2014

I guess what I am getting out of this is that the old expression 'follow the money' is very applicable here.

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Mar 4, 2014

I have come to the conclusion that there is only one thing holding up peace right now... and that is that the Palestinian people will not forcefully and forthrightly announce that they do not have a right to return to the pre-1967 borders…

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Mar 4, 2014

The effort to boycott and delegitimize Israel is anti-Semitism, plain and simple.

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Mar 4, 2014

U.S. taxpayer money should not be paying and rewarding Palestinian terrorists for doing harm and killing Israelis and Americans.

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Mar 3, 2014

The first thing I asked my briefers about when I woke up every morning was Iran, Iran, Iran.

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Mar 3, 2014

I would just also quote our former CENTCOM Commander, General James Mattis. He criticized the administration's weak response in dealing with the Iranian plot to assassinate the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia here.

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Feb 27, 2014

I think the United States has not only a vested interest, I think we have an obligation, as the beacon of liberty in the free world, to support the Venezuelans.

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