Political Quotes

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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Apr 23, 2013

Ethnic violence is always wrong no matter who does it.

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Apr 23, 2013

The principle of self-determination, I believe, should apply to everyone.

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Apr 23, 2013

The last thing this country needs is to help China build an aerospace industry to compete with our aerospace industry.

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Apr 23, 2013

Business companies... cannot be trusted to make economic decisions for their company and take into consideration the national security of our country.

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Apr 16, 2013

I think it is important for our national security not to have Chinese citizens gathering up information at our research centers.

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Apr 16, 2013

Clearly, whatever protection measures we have in place to prevent this sort of thing need to be double-checked and looked at and beefed up if they are inadequate.

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Apr 16, 2013

This report states that 293 Chinese nationals had access to our critical aerospace centers.

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Apr 16, 2013

I have, as you are aware, been concerned that technology transfers to countries that could someday be our enemies is something we should be looking at.

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Apr 16, 2013

This is a good budget for research, innovation, and education.

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Apr 16, 2013

I firmly believe in a federal role in STEM education, but I also believe that we must hold ourselves and our agencies accountable for these investments.

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Apr 16, 2013

I also support the increased funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

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Apr 16, 2013

I do not believe that Secretary of State Hillary was honestly cooperative with this committee about Benghazi.

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Apr 16, 2013

Shame on us, not you, Mr. Secretary, shame on us if we ignore Dr. Afridi languishing away in a dungeon.

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Apr 16, 2013

Maliki's coziness to the mullahs in Iran is disturbing.

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Apr 16, 2013

Accountability for the Iraqi Government is important on this issue.

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Apr 16, 2013

Are we going to hold the Maliki government responsible for their safety?

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Apr 16, 2013

I want to commend the administration for the sanctions already imposed, but we have not sanctioned shipping companies...

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Apr 16, 2013

I hope that you would condemn Azerbaijan's threats to shoot down civilian airliners that fly into the Nagorno-Karabakh Airport...

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Apr 16, 2013

I want to add my voice to that of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen when it comes to the MEK residents of Camp Hurriya...

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Apr 15, 2013

China is ruled by tyrants who are the world's worst human rights abuser.

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Apr 15, 2013

I think it's the Japanese. And the Japanese working with the United States can balance off exactly the threat that you have been talking about today.

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Apr 15, 2013

It is essential that we become players in that part of the world.

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Apr 15, 2013

I think this sense in Moscow that the United States championing democracy and human rights is an attack on the legitimacy of the Putin government is probably at bottom the real reason why we have this conflict with them.

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Apr 15, 2013

We don't live in a world that really looks anywhere like the world when I was a kid.

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Apr 15, 2013

Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.

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