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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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Feb 26, 2013

We know those things, but we also know that Turkey has been going toward a more Islamic direction.

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Feb 26, 2013

Chinese occupation of Tibet has something to do with getting people to acknowledge that they are under Chinese rule.

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Feb 26, 2013

I am dropping a House Resolution calling for the immediate release of Dr. Afridi from a Pakistani prison.

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Feb 26, 2013

Turkey has become more Islamic in the last 10 years, has that been bad?

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Feb 26, 2013

If they had animosity toward us and wanted to recognize it they could... but instead they have decided to cooperate with us.

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Feb 26, 2013

I am much more concerned than you are, Mr. Ambassador, about Chinese motives.

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Feb 26, 2013

Thank you very much. Colonel, we will just send a company of Marines down that road and they will just clear away all those problems there.

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Feb 26, 2013

I am hoping that the progress that we are talking about in human rights isn't, well, we are going to convince them now to permit some radical Islamic sect...

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Feb 26, 2013

Well, it also is they see part of that effort as preventing radical Islamic groups, who hate us as well...

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Feb 26, 2013

Our own Government, along with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, bear a huge responsibility for the fact that the Taliban existed in the first place

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Feb 26, 2013

Mr. Ambassador, they made it clear to us that they would prefer replacing all of their former Soviet and Russian military equipment...

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Feb 26, 2013

We cannot be taken by surprise. We must be prepared now and deal with terrorism wherever it raises its head.

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Feb 26, 2013

We should be supplying those courageous opponents of those who threaten us.

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Feb 26, 2013

We cannot defeat terrorism in Eurasia or anywhere else if we cannot recruit allies.

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Feb 26, 2013

I hope he takes back to Foggy Bottom, the message of the American people that the State Department needs to get Dr. Afridi released from prison using whatever pressure on Pakistan is needed.

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Feb 26, 2013

Dr. Afridi has been tortured, and his family threatened. Those are hostile acts by Pakistan against the United States.

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Feb 26, 2013

I think it is really inspiring that people who collect trash in my neighborhood are inspiring to me

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Feb 26, 2013

I would just like to be on record as thanking my colleagues, Mr. Culberson and Wolf, for taking into consideration some of the concerns that I had toward their legislation.

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Feb 26, 2013

I think our young people would think it was inspiring just as much as trying to spend maybe hundreds of billions of dollars to go to Mars

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Feb 25, 2013

If you are going to destroy an engine, that means, in the end, there is a lot more stuff going into the air when you add in all of that.

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Feb 25, 2013

I would hope that those of you in the Executive Branch, that we work together to reshape America's basic policy toward Asia.

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Feb 25, 2013

We have got to come to grips with this. This is out of synch with the long-term interests of the people of the United States.

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Feb 25, 2013

It is a travesty that the United States has such an integrated economy and our economic well-being is so tied to the world's worst human rights abuser, namely China.

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Feb 25, 2013

Regrettably, in the resolution it intends to submit again to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the U.S. fails to mention one, not even one, positive development for Sri Lanka.

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Feb 25, 2013

The strides the government has made to rebuild in a way that establishes lasting peace and equality for all citizens should be firmly acknowledged.

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