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In regards to Kosovo, Rohrabacher also opposed western ground troops, he favored providing assistance and help to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] to help them gain their freedom, citing financial concerns and saying that Europe should send ground troops if they wanted to.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8hGwXHr0eNEC&pg=PA7742&dq=rohrabacher+kosovo&hl=en&ei=QfjBTb1FqfHSAbWx1LYK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=helping%20them%20do%20this%20would%20have%20cost%20us%20a%20pittance&f=false|title=Congressional Record|author=Congress|year=1999|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=|isbn=|page=7743|pages=|accessdate=3 May 2011}}</ref> |
In regards to Kosovo, Rohrabacher also opposed western ground troops, he favored providing assistance and help to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] to help them gain their freedom, citing financial concerns and saying that Europe should send ground troops if they wanted to.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8hGwXHr0eNEC&pg=PA7742&dq=rohrabacher+kosovo&hl=en&ei=QfjBTb1FqfHSAbWx1LYK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=helping%20them%20do%20this%20would%20have%20cost%20us%20a%20pittance&f=false|title=Congressional Record|author=Congress|year=1999|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=|isbn=|page=7743|pages=|accessdate=3 May 2011}}</ref> |
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Rohrabacher was honored by the Albanian American Civic League at a New Jersey located fundraising event on July 23rd, 2001. President of the League, Joseph J. DioGuardi, praised Rohrabacher for his support to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]], saying "He was the first member of Congress to insist that the United States arm the Kosova Liberation Army, and one of the few members who to this day publicly supports the independence of Kosova."<ref>{{cite news|title=Rohrabacher Shills for the KLA.(Rep Dana Rohrabacher and the Kosovo Liberation Army)(Brief Article)|author=The New American|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79789123.html|newspaper=The New American|date=4 May 2001|accessdate=January 7 2011}}</ref> Rohrabacher gave a speech in support of American equipping the KLA with weaponry, comparing it to French support of America in the Revolutionary War, saying "Based on our own experience, the Kosova Liberation Army should have been armed." "If the U.S. had armed the KLA in 1998, we would not be where we are today. The 'freedom fighters' would have secured their freedom and Kosova would be independent." <ref>{{cite news|title=Rohrabacher Shills for the KLA.|author=The New American|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rohrabacher+Shills+for+the+KLA-a079789123|newspaper=The New American|date=September 24, 2001|accessdate=4 MAy 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rohrabacher Shills for the KLA.|author=The New American|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_20_17/ai_n25037473/|newspaper=American Opinion Publishing, Inc.|date=September 24, 2001|accessdate=4 MAy 2011}}</ref> |
Rohrabacher was honored by the [[Albanian American Civic League]] at a New Jersey located fundraising event on July 23rd, 2001. President of the League, Joseph J. DioGuardi, praised Rohrabacher for his support to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] (KLA), saying "He was the first member of Congress to insist that the United States arm the Kosova Liberation Army, and one of the few members who to this day publicly supports the independence of Kosova."<ref>{{cite news|title=Rohrabacher Shills for the KLA.(Rep Dana Rohrabacher and the Kosovo Liberation Army)(Brief Article)|author=The New American|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79789123.html|newspaper=The New American|date=4 May 2001|accessdate=January 7 2011}}</ref> Rohrabacher gave a speech in support of American equipping the KLA with weaponry, comparing it to French support of America in the Revolutionary War, saying "Based on our own experience, the Kosova Liberation Army should have been armed." "If the U.S. had armed the KLA in 1998, we would not be where we are today. The 'freedom fighters' would have secured their freedom and Kosova would be independent." <ref>{{cite news|title=Rohrabacher Shills for the KLA.|author=The New American|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rohrabacher+Shills+for+the+KLA-a079789123|newspaper=The New American|date=September 24, 2001|accessdate=4 MAy 2011}}</ref> The New York Times journalist Chris Hedges described the KLA as "diehard Marxist-Leninists as well as descendants of the fascist militias raised by the Italians in World War II." A former Drug Enforcement Adminstration agent, Michael Levine, claimed that the KLA was trafficking heroin throughout America, saying "These guys have a network that's active on the streets of this country.... They're the worst elements of society that you can imagine, and now, according to my sources in drug enforcement, they're politically protected."<ref>{{cite news|title=Rohrabacher Shills for the KLA.|author=The New American|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_20_17/ai_n25037473/|newspaper=American Opinion Publishing, Inc.|date=September 24, 2001|accessdate=4 MAy 2011}}</ref> |
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Dana Rohrabacher | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 46th district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Loretta Sanchez |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 45th district | |
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Duncan Hunter |
Succeeded by | Mary Bono Mack |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 42nd district | |
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Dan Lungren |
Succeeded by | George Brown, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Coronado, California, U.S. | June 21, 1947
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Rhonda Carmony |
Residence(s) | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | California State University, Long Beach University of Southern California |
Occupation | Political assistant |
Dana Tyron Rohrabacher (born June 21, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for California's 46th congressional district, and previously the 45th and 42nd, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Early life
Dana Rohrabacher was born June 21, 1947, in Coronado, California.Rohrabacher has a long history in Orange County. Rohrabacher attended elementary school locally and during his college years, he lived in Sunset Beach.
Rohrabacher graduated from Palos Verdes High School in Palos Verdes Estates, California, attended Los Angeles Harbor College, and earned a bachelor's degree in history at California State University, Long Beach in 1969. He received his master's degree in American Studies at the University of Southern California. While in graduate school and during the early 1970s, he had a side activity as a folk singer.
Tenure at the Reagan White House
Rohrabacher served as assistant press secretary to the 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan.[1] From 1981 to 1988, he was one of President Reagan's senior speech writers. During his tenure at the White House, Rohrabacher played a leading role in the formulation of the Reagan Doctrine. He also helped formulate President Reagan's Economic Bill of Rights, which was a series of policy proposals that Reagan introduced in a speech at the Jefferson Memorial.
Congressional career
Rohrabacher left the administration in 1988 to pursue the open House seat recently vacated by Dan Lungren. With the fundraising help of friend Oliver North, Rohrabacher was able to win the Republican primary and capture the seat, centered on northern coastal Orange County. A friend and fellow White House aide, Chris Cox, won a southern Orange County seat in the same election. The pair remain close although Cox was chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission until he resigned as chairman of the SEC on January 20, 2009.
Rohrabacher chaired the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science Committee from 1997 until January 2005; he received a two-year waiver to serve beyond the six-year term limit.
As a senior member of the International Relations Committee, Rohrabacher led the effort to deny Most Favored Nation trading status to the People's Republic of China, citing that nation's dismal human rights record and opposition to democracy. His subcommittee assignments are East Asia and Pacific, and Middle East and South Asia.
Committee assignments
Political Positions
Foreign Policy
In March 2005, Rohrabacher introduced HR 1061, the American Property Claims Against Ethiopia Act, which would "prohibit United States assistance to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia until the Ethiopian government returns all property of United States citizens." The bill was introduced by Rohrabacher at the behest of Gebremedhin Berhane, a former Eritrean national and friend of the Rohrabacher family, after his business was expropriated by the Ethiopian government.
On March 7, 2006, Rohrabacher introduced HR 4895, an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, "to limit the provision of the United States military assistance and the sale, transfer, or licensing of United States military equipment or technology to Ethiopia." [2]
On September 8, 2008, at a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, Rorabacher argued that the Georgians had initiated the recent military confrontation in the ongoing Russian-South Ossetian conflict. [3] [4] .[5]
During an appearance on MSNBC's The Ed Show, Rohrabacher accused Barack Obama of allowing violence in Iran to get out of hand because he did not speak forcefully enough against the country's leadership. He also claimed that Gorbachev tore down the Berlin Wall because Reagan told him to (“Tear down this wall”).[6]
In early 2010, he went to Honduras to commend the election of the new president. His entourage included a group of Californan property investors and businessmen a dealer in rare coins, and CEOs from San Diego biofuels corporation (which is headed by a family friend).[7]
Bosnia and Kosovo Indendence
Rohrabacher was opposed to American ground troops in the Yugoslav Wars. He advocated for the direct bombing of the Serb military on Serbian soil, criticizing the ineffectiveness of western forces against the Serbs, NATO was limited to small fixed attacks, as the Serbs penetrated UN safe areas and attacked Bosnian forces. Rohrabacher said they "should bomb Serbia's military infrastructure, in Serbia - get that, in Serbia - rather than dropping a couple of duds on tents, which only proves the West's gutlessness, and emboldens Serbian cutthroats."[8][9] Rohrabacher considered the events in Bosnia to constitute genocide.[10] In 1995, Rohrabacher personally visited Sarajevo in Bosnia, criticizing the devastation Serb forces inflicted on the city, saying "This is a loss to all mankind, not just to the people of Sarajevo,". He also encountered vagabond children asking for money.[11]
In regards to Kosovo, Rohrabacher also opposed western ground troops, he favored providing assistance and help to the Kosovo Liberation Army to help them gain their freedom, citing financial concerns and saying that Europe should send ground troops if they wanted to.[12]
Rohrabacher was honored by the Albanian American Civic League at a New Jersey located fundraising event on July 23rd, 2001. President of the League, Joseph J. DioGuardi, praised Rohrabacher for his support to the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), saying "He was the first member of Congress to insist that the United States arm the Kosova Liberation Army, and one of the few members who to this day publicly supports the independence of Kosova."[13] Rohrabacher gave a speech in support of American equipping the KLA with weaponry, comparing it to French support of America in the Revolutionary War, saying "Based on our own experience, the Kosova Liberation Army should have been armed." "If the U.S. had armed the KLA in 1998, we would not be where we are today. The 'freedom fighters' would have secured their freedom and Kosova would be independent." [14] The New York Times journalist Chris Hedges described the KLA as "diehard Marxist-Leninists as well as descendants of the fascist militias raised by the Italians in World War II." A former Drug Enforcement Adminstration agent, Michael Levine, claimed that the KLA was trafficking heroin throughout America, saying "These guys have a network that's active on the streets of this country.... They're the worst elements of society that you can imagine, and now, according to my sources in drug enforcement, they're politically protected."[15]
Support for the Taliban and Islamists
Dana Rohrabacher voiced support for the Taliban when they seized power in the 1990s, visiting Afghanistan when it came under their control, saying that the Taliban would provide "stability", and eliminate threats to the United States, he also claimed the Taliban "intend to establish a disciplined, moral society". He said he believed complete Taliban control over Afghanistan would be a "positive development", that they were "devout traditionalists, not terrorists or revolutionaries", and that "sensationalist" media coverage of the Taliban's introduction of Sharia law was "nonsense".[16]
On April 10, 2001 it was revealed that Rohrabacher met with top Taliban leader Mullah Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, a foreign minister who directly advised Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar in Doha, Qatar, where they discussed possible American assistance to the Taliban, including financial aid. Dana masked his secret meeting by claming he was going to the "Free Markets and Democracy" conference. Dana received money from the Islamic Institute to conduct his negotiations with the Taliban, and was "impressed" by the Taliban. Dana also said, "Listen! Hold on! I am a bigger expert on Afghanistan than any member of Congress." After the September 11 attacks, he proceeded to mask and conceal his bin laden associated pro Taliban past by blaming the Clinton administration, saying that Clinton had "ignored" alleged "advice" Dana offered to not negotiate with the Taliban. Dana claimed: "And I said if we didn't do anything about the Taliban, we would pay a dear price." The Orange County Weekly called his statement "a fraud", after exposing his friendly relationship with the Taliban. Dana had personally met Bin Laden while he was in Afghanistan to support the Afghan mujahideen. Dana also had friendly relationships with numerous Bin Laden linked figures in the Islamic world. Rohrabacher's diplomatic outreaches to the Taliban were possibly illegal under the Logan Act, which forbade individual citizens to perform policy reserved for secretaries of state. After 9/11, several of Rohrabacher's fellow Republicans attempted to cover up his Taliban negotiations, claiming he bumped into them in a hallway, when Dana himself admitted that he conducted "high level" negotiations, and arranged the meeting.[17]
In 2004 several Jewish supporters of Dana voiced concern over Dana's relationships with radical Islamist organizations, several of them linked to Al Qaeda. Some of the organizations received Saudi and Qatari money.[18]
Support for Convicted Terrorist Detainees
In 2007 Rohrabacher supported the terrorist and Islamist Mohiuddin Ahmed, detained in the USA, who murdered several women and children in Bangladesh. Dana halted his deporation to Bangladesh when they requested his extradition and voiced concern about his legal rights, saying that he should be sent somewhere with no death penalty.[19]
Torture Techniques
Dana Rohrabacher denied that detainees were tortured in Guantanamo Bay, claiming that torture only consisted of using women's panties thrust onto the heads of detainees and verbal abuse. He made eight references to women's underwear in an interview regarding torture, saying the sentence "panties on [someone's] head" and that the detainees were treated with "respect".[20][21]
Defense of extraordinary rendition and torture
On April 17, 2007, while defending the Bush administration's program of extraordinary rendition during a House hearing on transatlantic relations, Rohrabacher stated that the unfair treatment of one innocent suspect is an acceptable "unfortunate consequence" of holding others who would otherwise be free to commit terror acts. After he received boos and groans from the gallery, Rohrabacher responded, "Well, I hope it's your families, I hope it's your families that suffer the consequences.", and "I hope it's your family members that die". Rohrabacher was subsequently interrupted by protesters wearing orange jumpsuits who were removed from the gallery. For his comment that imprisoning and torturing one innocent person was a fair price to pay for locking up 50 terrorists who would "go out and plant a bomb and kill 20,000 people,".[22][23] Rohrabacher was named Countdown with Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" on April 25.
Terrorism
In 2006, Rohrabacher chaired the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the U.S. House Committee on International Relations, which investigated whether the Oklahoma City bombers had assistance from foreign sources.[24] On December 28, 2006, when asked about fueling conspiracy theories with his questions and criticism, Rohrabacher told CNN: "There's nothing wrong with adding to a conspiracy theory when there might be a conspiracy, in fact."[25] The final reports were based in part on a book "The Third Terrorist" which presented evidence linking the Oklahoma City bombers to agents of Iraq and Al-Qaeda, operating under Iranian state sponsorship.[26]
Illegal immigration
Rohrabacher is a staunch opponent of illegal immigration and was an advocate for California's Proposition 187, which denied government services to illegal immigrants. In 2004, he sponsored a bill that would have prohibited federal reimbursement of hospital-provided emergency care and certain transportation services to undocumented aliens unless the hospital provided information about the aliens' citizenship, immigration status, financial data, and employer to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Aliens who were in the country illegally would receive reimbursement only after they were deported. The proposed bill was overwhelmingly defeated.[27]
On March 30, 2006, Rohrabacher decried a guest worker proposal as a "foul odor that's coming out of the United States Senate." He said that if illegal immigrants who do many farm jobs were deported, "the millions of young men who are prisoners around our country can pick the fruits and vegetables. I say, let the prisoners pick the fruits." [28]
In early 2008, Rohrabacher endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary, citing his positions on stemming illegal immigration and criticizing John McCain. About McCain, he said, "He's been the enemy of those of us who have stemmed the flow of illegals into our country, whereas Romney has made some very tough commitments."[29]
Affairs Related to Staff and Friends
Payment for 30-year-old screenplay
On November 4, 2005, the Los Angeles Times reported that Rohrabacher "used his influence to open doors in Washington for a Hollywood producer who was pitching a television show after the producer paid him a $23,000 option on a nearly 30-year-old screenplay." The producer, Joseph Medawar, has since been indicted on fraud charges by the FBI and has pled not guilty. The question is whether the producer paid him the money for the screenplay or for the introductions to congressional and federal officials that Rorabacher conducted. Rohrabacher claims that the introductions were made in good faith, were nothing that was not done regularly for legitimate causes, and that the introductions have only become an issue because of Joseph Medawar's misdeeds.[30]
In May 2006, Rohrabacher, through his press secretary, announced that he would return the $23,000. The decision was made public shortly before Medawar took responsibility in a United States District Court for bilking about $3.4 million from about 50 investors.[31]
Aide Convicted of Child Molestation
Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, a former aide to Rohrabacher, was convicted of child molestation. He had oral sex with a 14 year old boy and stored child porn on his computers at work and home. Nielson also molested a 13 year old boy in 1994.[32] An anonymous flier was distributed that accused Rohrabacher of abusing his powers by shielding Nielson from prosecution during the trial.[33] The molestations took place while Nielsen worked for Rohrabacher.[34][35]
Voting Record
Taxes
- Voted NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes. (Dec 2007)
- Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Dec 2005)
- Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification. (Sep 2004)
- Voted YES on making permanent an increase in the child tax credit. (May 2004)
- Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)
- Voted YES on $99 B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts. (Oct 2001)
- Voted YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years. (May 2001)
- Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)
- Voted YES on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
- Voted YES on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business. (Mar 2000)
- Phaseout the death tax. (Mar 2001)
- Rated 72% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)
- Rated 17% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)
- Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes. (Aug 2010)
- Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes. (Sep 1994)
Foreign Policy
- Voted NO on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on cooperating with India as a nuclear power. (Sep 2008)
- Voted YES on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
- Voted YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
- Voted NO on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
- Voted YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored. (May 2001)
- Voted NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
- Voted NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
- Voted NO on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)
- Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001)
- Urge China to respect religious freedom. (Mar 2001)
- Ban foreign aid to oil-producers who restrict production. (May 2001)
- Keep sanctions against Syria until WMDs are dismantled. (May 2007)
- Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee. (Mar 2011)
- Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. (Mar 2007)
- Condemn Iran for state-sponsored persecution of Baha'i. (Feb 2009)
- Commitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond. (Mar 2010)[36]
The Environment
- Voted NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program. (Jul 2009)
- Voted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros. (Jul 2009)
- Voted NO on environmental education grants for outdoor experiences. (Sep 2008)
- Voted NO on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)
- Voted NO on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M. (Jun 2006)
- Voted NO on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (May 2006)
- Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)
- Voted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects. (Nov 2003)
- Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)
- Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act. (Oct 1993)[36]
Healthcare
- Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
- Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
- Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
- Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
- Voted YES on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
- Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
- Voted YES on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
- Voted YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
- Voted YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
- Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
- Rated 11% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)
- Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals. (Feb 1999)
Free Trade
- Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
- Voted NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)
- Voted YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
- Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
- Voted NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
- Voted NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
- Voted YES on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)
- End economic protectionism: let dairy compacts expire . (Aug 2001)
- Rated 56% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
- Extend trade restrictions on Burma to promote democracy. (Jun 2007)
- Tariffs against countries undervaluing their currency. (May 2009)
Government Reform
- Voted NO on Senate pay raise. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)
- Voted YES on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)
- Voted YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees. (Apr 2006)
- Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
- Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
- Voted YES on restricting frivolous lawsuits. (Sep 2004)
- Voted NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002)
- Voted YES on banning soft money donations to national political parties. (Jul 2001)
- Voted NO on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)
- Prohibit non-legislated earmarks. (Jul 2005)
- Limit punitive damages; term limits on Congress. (Sep 1994)
- Government is too big, too intrusive, too easy with money. (Sep 1994)
Miscellaneous
In January 2004, Rohrabacher proposed giving Washington, D.C. residents the right to vote for congressional representation by treating them as Maryland residents for the purpose of Congressional elections.[37]
Rohrabacher was chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics from 1997 to January 2005[38] and has been active on space-related issues. In 2000, Space.com described Rohrabacher as "a strident advocate for supremacy in space, a philosophy shaped along a winding road from libertarian activist to White House speech writer in the Reagan administration." In 2007, Rohrabacher introduced a bill that would direct NASA to develop a strategy “for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.”[39]
In a debate at Orange Coast College, he voiced his support for Proposition 8, which defines marriage in California as only between a man and a woman, and said that he "would suggest not changing the definition of marriage in our society to make a small number of people feel more comfortable." [40]
Rohrabacher denies claims that global warming is caused by humans. During a congressional hearing on climate change on February 8, 2007, Rohrabacher pensively mused that previous warming cycles may have been caused by carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by "dinosaur flatulence."[41] He claimed "In fact it is assumed at best to be unproven and at worst a liberal claptrap, trendy, bt soon to go out of style in our Newt Congress" The journalist William Kleinknecht noted that while Rohrabacher was criticizing global warming in the 90's, he may have had a hidden motive for his position: Rohrabacher received 10% of his campaign funding, which totaled $180,000 from the energy and transportation industry, and he ignored the consensus from scientists that greenhouse gases were a threat.[42]
Unlike most Republican Party members of Congress, Rohrabacher is a supporter of the medicinal use of marijuana as a right of the state. He and Maurice Hinchey have jointly offered the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment to a Commerce Justice and Science appropriations bill that would prohibit the Department of Justice from prosecuting patients in states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes.[43] Rohrabacher said that conservatives should take states' rights into consideration when they consider the issue of marijuana.
Congressional scorecards
See also
Family
He has been married to his wife Rhonda since 1997. In 2004, they became parents to triplets: Annika, Christian and Tristen.
His wife also serves as his campaign manager. Rhonda received $40,000 in her salary annually from Rohrabacher while she was manager, receiving $114,894 in four years. When a journalist demanded an explanation, Rohrabacher brushed it off, saying "I need a campaign manager I can trust".[42]
References
- ^ May, Clifford D. (1989-05-11). "Washington Talk; Two House Freshmen Reflect Clash of Cultures". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ "Eritrea, Ethiopia, Abramoff, and Rohrabacher". Eritrea Daily. 2006-03-26. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ "US Congressman defends Russia in Georgia conflict". IHT. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ "U.S. Intelligence Sees It Russia's Way". Kommersant. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ "Rebel Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher backs Russia over Georgia". London: Telegraph.co.uk. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ MSNBC "The Ed Show" Interview - Transcript 2009-06-23
- ^ "WikiLeaks embassy cables, day 22: summary of today's key points". The Guardian. London. 2010-12-21.
- ^ Sabrina P. Ramet (2008). Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia at peace and at war: selected writings, 1983-2007. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 58. ISBN 3037359129. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ Walter Lukan, Ljubinka Trgovcevic, Dragan Vukcevic (2006). Serbien und Montenegro: Raum und Bevölkerung, Geschichte, Sprache und Literatur, Kultur, Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Recht. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 658. ISBN 3825895394. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
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- ^ From Associated Press (September 24, 1995). "Rohrabacher Diplomacy Misses Its Mark : Balkans: Children encountered in ruins give O.C. congressman glimpse of resources needed to rebuild Bosnia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 MAy 2011.
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External links
- U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher official U.S. House site
- Congressman Dana Rohrabacher official campaign site
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Profile at SourceWatch
- Extraordinary Rendition Hearing
- Planetary Defense