Speeches and Floor Statements

  • Congressman Rohrabacher expresses his opposition on the House floor to the Democrat health care proposal
    Nov 7, 2009  - This attempt at sliding Americans into dependence on a government-controlled health care system brings bait & switch to a new low. We have heard about the flaws of our current healthcare system, high costs, lack of portability, lose a job—lose health insurance, discrimination of those with p... More
  • Rohrabacher floor speech against increased aid to Pakistan
    Sep 30, 2009  - More to come. More
  • Floor Speech: Patent Reform
    Jul 14, 2009  - Mr. Speaker, as I stand here on the floor of the House tonight and after hearing this fine presentation and thinking about all the things that are going on in Washington right now, I am reminded of the television series ‘‘The Twilight Zone.’’ These days, I half expect Rod Serling to appear from behi... More
  • Rohrabacher's statement on Uighur Nationalism
    Jun 16, 2009  - A Defense Intelligence Agency expert on Chinese counterintelligence operations once said that “it is the mother’s milk of counterintelligence to create phony political organizations.” He stated also that the Chinese are especially good at it and utilize this method in order to know who to watch and ... More
  • Remembering Tiananmen Square, Rohrabacher House Floor Remarks
    Jun 4, 2009  - Madam Speaker, June 4 marks the 20th anniversary of the massacre of the Chinese democracy movement at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. This date marks a turning point, and it also marks a day of shame for the bloody murder, a murder that was committed by the Communist party bosses when they sent Chinese... More
  • Rohrabacher Statement on the threat of Chinese Satellite Technology and Export Controls
    Apr 2, 2009  - Let me be totally frank with you: if you don’t want export control reform to become a debate about China, then you need to take China off the table right now, and agree that any reform is going to be two tiered: one system for countries that behave according to international norms, and one system fo... More
  • Floor Speech on Global Warming
    Mar 18, 2009  - INTRODUCTION Last week, President Barack Obama pledged that during his Administration, he’d see “that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda - and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology." Viewing this commitment through the lens of the... More
  • ***Floor Speech*** Hamas Is To Blame For Most Recent Conflict in Gaza
    Jan 8, 2009  - EXTENSION OF REMARKS Hamas Is To Blame For Most Recent Conflict in Gaza THE HONORABLE DANA ROHRABACHER of California in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday, January 08, 2009 MR. ROHRABACHER: Madam Speaker, today we are saddened by the loss of innocent lives in Gaza; people bei... More
  • Floor Speech: H.R. 5501 - Against the Costly Global Aids Relief Project
    Jul 24, 2008  - Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to HR 5501. Let me first say that I have tremendous respect and admiration for the two men this bill is named after. Chairmen Lantos and Hyde were two strong principled men, and I very much enjoyed working with them on the Foreign Affairs Committee. However ... More
  • Rohrabacher on fixing the energy problem
    Jun 23, 2008  -  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)    Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Speaker, for 30 years, we have seen the development of new major gas and oil developments in our country thwarted. For 30 years, w... More