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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.
Let me ask you, does your hesitation to answer the question in a direct fashion have anything to do with the fact that if we were now to go on record as the official government position is that Camp Ashraf was disarmed, that those people…
The State Department is playing into the politics of the Iranian mullahs and the Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki.
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. {time} 2010 Amendment Offered by Mr. Lewis of Georgia
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 in this Act…
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And let me just note that both of us are committed to making sure this country is never dependent on a Chinese rocket system to launch either commercial or government satellites or to reach the space…
Nothing would be better for our economy than for us to quit sending that money overseas and spending it right here.
I just do not believe that the President has been forthright in discussing his energy policy with the Congress.
If we can actually cut the budget and you don't have to let anybody off, I mean, this is--I know you are an engineer...
I mean, I don't understand why it is when the private sector has to cut back that people are let go.
I am a bit perplexed by this; we all are. We have half the budget for the federal budget is being borrowed now.
If we spent $551 million on this research, my guess also is that we are providing a subsidy to those countries that steal our technology...
I think $500 million is a lot of money, and I know it is less than what we had before.
The corruption level and the repression level in that country and in other countries in Africa is unacceptable.
I would hope that pressure from Congress and perhaps from this committee actually assisted you in having those prisoners released.
Did that in some way--has that in some way fed the radicalism of Africa today as compared to people who, if you would have had an honest democratic government in that huge country of Ethiopia, it might have been more of an example, a…
The Burmese junta did not take over to stop killing and they did not have some benevolent native in mind.
When I talk about engagement, I have always personally been engaged with the people and expect our Government to be engaged with the people of Burma and other repressed peoples.
This is a tremendous breakthrough. This is a victory for the honorable people and the idealists of Myanmar.
Let us give amnesty to all of them no matter what crimes they have committed against their people.
They have killed and murdered more people than the ethnic groups were killing each other.
We should not be having free trade with dictatorships. Free trade between free people is wonderful. Free trade with dictatorships strengthens the dictatorship.
A lot of people understand that right after I was elected to Congress I disappeared and went to Afghanistan for 2 months and fought alongside the mujahideen.
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