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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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Jul 18, 2012

We have been played for suckers over the years. We have been played for fools.

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Jul 18, 2012

I believe in free trade between free people and I do not believe that it is possible for free people to have free trade with their fellow citizens of the world if the other people they are dealing with live under a Communist-style…

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Jul 18, 2012

I know people think that I am not for free trade because I am rather passionate about some of my beliefs in dealing with China, but I am a free trader.

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Jul 18, 2012

We have been cowardly up until now, Madam Chairman, in confronting this horrible attack on the well-being of the people of the United States.

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Jul 18, 2012

One of the most unforgivable elements of the economic war China has been conducting against the people of the United States is the massive government-approved and government-organized theft of American intellectual property rights.

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Jul 18, 2012

The Communist dictatorship in Beijing has caused dramatic harm to the well-being of the people of the United States.

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Jul 18, 2012

I can't help but notice that when we talk about budget cuts, in fact, the Department of Homeland Security has had budget increases overall.

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Jul 11, 2012

Is there a payback for NASA? Is there a--who owns the technology?

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Jul 11, 2012

Most people don't know we lose a lot of electricity when it goes--when it is transmitted over wires.

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Jul 11, 2012

I think if any spinoffs that we have in the future we are going to find that there is a relationship between the energy and what we are developing in space.

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Jul 11, 2012

Well, we should have that but is NASA getting anything back?

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Jul 11, 2012

So then, what we need to do is make sure that we provide--Mr. Chairman, his statement about this ultimately being cheaper to go with the green propellant means that we need to be involved in this and we need to push this and make sure that…

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Jul 8, 2012

I think Secretary Clinton should raise this case during the dialogue.

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Jun 20, 2012

What we need, Mr. Chair, is we need to make sure that we move forward, as this bill will do, to ensure that we are fulfilling our commitment to the American people to do everything we can to make sure that they will live in prosperity and…

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Jun 20, 2012

If we can make these jet engines with the equipment that we have one percent more efficient, we have saved hundreds of millions of dollars for somebody.

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Jun 20, 2012

We are going through this period of time in Washington, D.C., where we have got this budget deficit hanging over our head.

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Jun 20, 2012

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and let me compliment the panel.

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Jun 19, 2012

We can alert the American people to how we're getting snookered by the Communist Chinese.

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Jun 19, 2012

America should not concede this valuable ground to the Communist Party.

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Jun 19, 2012

The Chinese Communist Party is attempting to diminish the United States as the world's leader.

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Jun 19, 2012

The Chinese press has grown, it has also remained a tool of the Communist Party.

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Jun 19, 2012

We have the world's human rights abuser, a country that still murders religious believers...

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Jun 5, 2012

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 under this…

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Jun 5, 2012

The American people can't go on like this. We may have signed a contract to be with them for another 10 years.

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Jun 5, 2012

We want to let those people govern themselves, work through the systems that work with their culture...

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