Dana Rohrabacher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 46th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 1989
Preceded by	Dan Lungren
Born	June 21, 1947 (1947-06-21) (age 60) Coronado, California
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Rhonda Carmony
Residence	Huntington Beach, California
Religion	Baptist

Dana Tyron Rohrabacher (born June 21, 1947, in Coronado, California) is a Californian politician, who has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1989, currently representing California's 46th congressional district. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. California's 46th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and Orange County and is currently represented by Republican Dana Rohrabacher Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Edward (Dan Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Coronado is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, United States. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Coronado is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. California's 46th congressional district covers part of Los Angeles County and Orange County and is currently represented by Republican Dana Rohrabacher

Contents 1 Education 2 Tenure at the Reagan White House 3 Congressional career 3.1 Committee assignments 4 Political positions 4.1 Illegal immigration 4.2 Voting rights for DC residents 4.3 Opposition to current Ethiopian government 4.4 Medical marijuana 4.5 Space-related positions 4.6 Global warming 4.7 Congressional scorecards 5 Controversies 5.1 Involvement with Jack Abramoff 5.2 Vietnam and Iraq 5.3 Involvement with Afghanistan and the Taliban 5.4 Payment for 30-year-old screenplay 5.5 Defense of extraordinary rendition and torture 6 Family 7 Libertarianism 8 2006 election 9 2008 election 10 References 11 External links

Education

Rohrabacher graduated from Palos Verdes High School in Palos Verdes Estates, California, attended Harbor Junior College, and received his bachelor's degree in history from California State University, Long Beach in 1969. Palos Verdes Estates is a city in Los Angeles County, California, USA on the Palos Verdes Peninsula California State University Long Beach (also known as Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach State, CSU Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU He received his master's degree in American Studies from the University of Southern California. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly

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 then President Reagan's senior speechwriters. During his tenure at the White House, Rohrabacher played a leading role in the formulation of the Reagan Doctrine. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence The Reagan Doctrine was a strategy orchestrated and implemented by the United States to oppose the global influence of the Soviet Union during the He also helped formulate President Reagan's Economic Bill of Rights, which were a series of policy proposals President Reagan introduced in a speech at the Jefferson Memorial. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington D

Congressional career

With Reagan a lame duck, Rohrabacher left the administration in 1988 to pursue the open House seat recently vacated by Dan Lungren. Daniel Edward (Dan Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's With the fundraising help of friend Oliver North, Rohrabacher was able to win the Republican primary and capture the seat, centered around northern coastal Orange County. Oliver Laurence North (born October 7 1943 in San Antonio Texas) is an American best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. A friend and fellow White House aide, Chris Cox, won a seat in the same election in southern Orange County. Charles Christopher Cox (born October 16, 1952, in St Paul Minnesota, USA has served as Chairman of the U The pair remain close though Cox is now chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility

Rohrabacher was Chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science Committee from 1997 until January 2005, having received a two-year waiver to serve beyond the six-year term limit. The Committee on Science and Technology is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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. The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives Most favoured nation (MFN also called Normal Trade Relations in the United States, is a status awarded by one Nation to another in International Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES His subcommittee assignments are East Asia and Pacific, and Middle East and South Asia.

Committee assignments

• Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight (Ranking Member)
  • Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
• Science and Technology Committee
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
  • Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

Political positions

Illegal immigration

Rohrabacher is a staunch opponent of illegal immigration. He was an advocate for California's Proposition 187, which sought to deny immigrants without proper documentation any government services, including education for their children. California Proposition 187 was a 1994 ballot initiative designed to deny Illegal immigrants social services health care and Public education. In 2004 he proposed a bill to withhold reimbursement of emergency room services to people who cannot prove their immigration status. If one is illegal, reimbursement occurs only if the person is deported. The proposed bill was overwhelmingly defeated [1].

On March 30, 2006, Rohrabacher decried a guest worker proposal as "the foul odor that's coming out of the United States Senate. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. " 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. " ^[2]

In early 2008 Rohrabacher endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican Presidential primary, citing his positions on stemming illegal immigration and criticizing John McCain. He said of McCain, "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. "^[3]

Voting rights for DC residents

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. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D ^[4]

Opposition to current Ethiopian government

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". NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The bill was introduced by Rohrabacher at the behest of Gebremedhin Berhane, a former Eritrean national. Eritrea () ( Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritriya) officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in His son, Petros, was described by the Daily Pilot News of Newport Beach, California as "one of Rep. Rohrabacher's surfing buddies".

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. The Foreign Assistance Act ( et seq is a United States Act of Congress. " ^[5]

Medical marijuana

Unlike most Republican Party Members of Congress, Rohrabacher is a supporter of the medicinal use of marijuana, as a right of the state. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a He and Maurice Hinchey have jointly offered the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment to 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. Maurice Dunlea Hinchey (born October 27, 1938) is an American politician The Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment (House Amendment 272 was offered by Congressmen Maurice Hinchey and Dana Rohrabacher to amend the Commerce Justice For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department ^[6] Rohrabacher said conservatives should take states' rights into consideration when considering the issue of marijuana. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined States' rights refers to the idea in US politics and constitutional law, that U

Space-related positions

As a committee member of various congressional space committees, Rohrabacher 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 speechwriter in the Reagan administration. Spacecom is a Space and Astronomy news website Its stories are often syndicated to other media outlets including CNN, MSNBC " In 2007, Rohrabacher introduced a bill directing NASA to come up with a strategy “for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. ”^[7]

Global warming

Rohrabacher does not believe that global warming is caused by humans. During a congressional hearing on climate change on February 8, 2007, Rohrabacher joked that previous warming cycles may have been caused by carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by "dinosaur flatulence. Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Carbon dioxide ( Chemical formula:) is a Chemical compound composed of two Oxygen Atoms covalently bonded to a single Temperature and layers The temperature of the Earth's atmosphere varies with altitude the mathematical relationship between temperature and altitude varies among five Flatulence is the production of a mixture of gases in the digestive tract of Mammals that are byproducts of the digestion process " ^[8]

Congressional scorecards

See also

• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart

Project Vote Smart provides the following results from congressional scorecards. Project Vote Smart ( PVS) is a Non-profit, Non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in Project Vote Smart ( PVS) is a Non-profit, Non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in [9] American Civil Liberties Union — 9% for 2005–2006 Americans for Democratic Action — 15% for 2006 American Land Rights Association — 100% for 2006 Americans for Tax Reform — 100% for 2006 AFL-CIO — 7% in 2006 Campaign for America's Future — 0% for 2005–2006 Conservative Index-John Birch Society — 80% for Fall 2004 Children's Defense Fund — 0% for 2006 Drug Policy Alliance — 83% for 2006 Drum Major Institute — 13% for 2005 Family Research Council — 71% for 2006 FreedomWorks — 92% for 2006 Gun Owners of America — 100% for 2006 Humane Society of the United States — 28% for 2005–2006 League of Conservation Voters — 17% for 2006

NARAL Pro-Choice America — 0% for 2006 National Association of Wheat Growers — 75% for 2005 National Education Association — 0% for 2005–2006 National Federation of Independent Business — 100% for 2005–2006 National Journal — Composite conservative score of 73. The American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU) consists of two separate Non-profit organizations the ACLU Foundation a 501(c(3 organization which focuses Americans for Democratic Action ( ADA) is an American political organization advocating liberal policies. Americans for Tax Reform is an Interest group seeking to reduce the overall level of Taxation in the United States, at the federal state and local level American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a National trade union center, the largest federation of Campaign for America's Future ( CAF) is an American political organization of progressives. The John Birch Society is a political education and action organization founded by Robert W The Children's Defense Fund is a child advocacy and research group founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA is a New York City -based Non-profit organization with the principal goal of ending the American " War on Drugs The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI is a Non-profit American progressive public policy institute founded during the Civil Rights The Family Research Council (FRC is a Christian right Non-profit Think tank and Lobbying organization. FreedomWorks is a conservative Non-profit organization based in Washington D The Humane Society of the United States ( HSUS) is a Washington D The League of Conservation Voters (LCV is a political advocacy organization that was founded in 1969 by American Environmentalist David Brower. NARAL Pro-Choice America (pronounced "NAY-ral" is a Pro-choice organization in the United States that engages in political action to oppose restrictions The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG is an advocacy group based in Washington D The National Education Association ( NEA) is the largest professional organization in the United States, representing Public school Teachers and The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB is a lobbying organization with offices in Washington D National Journal is a weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends 7% for 2006 National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws — +30 for 2006[10] National Organization for Women — 14% for 2005–2006 National Rifle Association — A for 2006 National Right to Life Committee — 80% for 2005–2006 National Taxpayers Union — 75% for 2006 Population Connection — 0% for 2006 Republican Liberty Caucus — 95% for 2005 Secular Coalition for America — 30% on 2006 scorecards[11] United States Chamber of Commerce — 93% for 2006

Controversies

Involvement with Jack Abramoff

Rohrabacher has been close friends with and received campaign contributions from the now-convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff since the mid-1980s. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws ( NORML, ˈnɔrməl is a Washington D The National Organization for Women ( NOW) is the largest American Feminist organization The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the The National Right to Life Committee is the largest Right to life / Pro-life organization in the United States with affiliates in all 50 states and over National Taxpayers Union (NTU is a taxpayers advocacy organization in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson. Population Connection is an organization in the United States formerly known as Zero Population Growth. The Republican Liberty Caucus is a political action organization dedicated to promoting the ideals of individual rights limited government and free enterprise within the Republican The Secular Coalition for America is an advocacy group representing Atheists, Humanists, and Freethinkers in American politics The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC is the world's largest not-for-profit business federation representing 3000000 businesses (via its Federation of local chambers Jack Abramoff (born February 28 1959 is a former Lobbyist, and a businessman who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was one of the only House members to publicly come to the defense of disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff to reporters, describing him as an "honest man" to the Washington Post and praising him as a "selfless patriot" to a federal judge^[12]. Rohrabacher admits to being a longtime friend of Abramoff. He told the Associated Press: "They're portraying Jack as a monster. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio I see him more as a good person who's done bad things and has to be punished for doing bad things. . . . I think that he obviously has done some things that are wrong and illegal and he's going to have to pay the price for it. ”^[13] Rohrabacher has publicly taken the position that he thinks that “. . . a lot of other things that have been characterized as corruption on the part of Abramoff are actually standard operating procedures for lobbying in Washington, D. C. , arranging trips and things like that. So I think that he's received a lot of unjust criticism. "

His relationship included the following:

• In 1999 Rohrabacher went on an Abramoff-funded trip to the Marshall Islands with John Doolittle (R-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), delegates of Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and 8 staffers. The following is a list of trips for politicians lobbyists and staffers funded by Jack Abramoff. This page is about the politician for the fictional animal doctor see Doctor Dolittle. Kenneth Stanton (Ken Calvert (born June 8 1953) an American politician has been a Republican member of the United States House of ^[14]

• In 2000, Abramoff listed Rohrabacher as one of the his references on his loan application for the purchase of SunCruz Casinos. SunCruz Casinos is one of many cruise lines that offer "cruises to nowhere" legally transporting passengers into International waters beyond the reach of "I don't remember it, but I would certainly have been happy to give him a good recommendation," Rohrabacher said in April 2005, when news reports of the scandal first broke. "He's a very honest man. " ^[15]

• In January 2002, Rohrabacher, took a six-day trip to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife and two of Abramoff’s then-partners at the firm Greenberg Traurig. Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international Law firm with approximately 1800 Attorneys and governmental professionals in 30 locations in the United States According to House records and to Rohrabacher's spokesman, the Malaysia trip focused on terrorism and trade issues. The spokesman called the trip "very positive. " ^[16]

• In April 2005, as Abramoff became the target of a grand jury investigation, Rohrabacher said that "Jack has made some mistakes," "but he is not the dishonest, malevolent, arrogant, wheeler-dealer that people are portraying. He is a fine man. " [2]

• In July 2005, Rohrabacher said that he had been eating at Signatures, a restaurant owned by Abramoff, at Abrmaoff's expense once or twice a month, and that the meals fell under the friendship exemption in House rules. He also said he tried to take Mr. Abramoff out regularly, paying for the lobbyist's meals in return. "Just because you are a member of Congress doesn't mean you have to give up your friendships," Rohrabacher said, adding that "it was dinner with a friend and I didn't think of it as a gift. "

• In December 2005, Rohrabacher again defended Abramoff, telling the Washington Post: "I think he's been dealt a bad hand and the worst, rawest deal I've ever seen in my life. Words like bribery are being used to describe things that happened every day in Washington and are not bribes. " ^[17]

• In March 2006, following Abramoff's guilty plea of fraud in the SunCruz case, Rohrabacher was the sole member of Congress who wrote the judge in the case to urge leniency in sentencing. "I think when he is being punished for the things he did that were wrong, some of the things that he did that were right and admirable in the past should be taken into consideration," Rohrabacher said in an interview. In his letter to the judge, Rohrabacher described "a far different Jack than the profit-seeking megalomaniac portrayed in the press. " "Jack was a selfless patriot for most of the time I knew him," the congressman wrote, recalling his friend as an ardent anti-Communist during the Cold War.

Vietnam and Iraq

In a February 13, 2003 interview with Toby Eckert of Copley News Service published in the South Bay (Torrance, Calif. ) Daily Breeze, Rohrabacher, who told Eckert he'd supported the war in Vietnam, revealed that he showed up to his wartime draft physical with an X-ray of a hip he claimed had been injured in high school football. "They looked at it and they said my hip wasn't good enough," he told Eckert. "When I look back on that, sometimes I wonder if I should have taken that X-ray with me or not. "^[18]

Involvement with Afghanistan and the Taliban

Rohrabacher had a history of involvement in Afghanistan dating back to the Cold War, when he openly supported the groups that were fighting troops from the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 ^[19]. In late 1988, Rohrabacher went to Afghanistan:

After I left the White House and was elected to Congress, but before I was sworn into Congress, I knew I had that two months between November and January to do things that I could never do once I was elected to Congress. I chose to hike into Afghanistan as part of a small Mujahedin unit and to engage in a battle against the Russian and communist forces near and around the city of Jalalabad. A Mujahid (Arabic ar مجاهد, literally "struggler" is a Muslim involved in a Jihad, id est fighting in a war or Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Jalalabad (Jalalkot ( Pashto: جلالکوټ، جلال اباد) is a city in eastern Afghanistan. [3]

In the November/December 1996 issue of Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Rohrabacher was reported as saying that the Taliban were not terrorists or revolutionaries, that they would develop a disciplined society that would leave no room for terrorists, and that the Taliban posed no threat to the United States. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion ^[20]

However, in a September 11, 1998 editorial in the The Washington Post, Rohrabacher strongly rebuked the Taliban for providing refuge to Osama bin Laden, mass killings of Shi'ites and ethnic Uzbeks, Turks, and Tajiks, and restrictions on the rights of Afghan women and children:

It has been no secret that bin Laden has been sheltered by the Taliban. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Uzbeks (Self designation sg O‘zbek, pl O‘zbeklar) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language Tajik ( - Tādjīk; UniPers: Tâjik; Cyrillic: Тоҷик is a term generally applied to Persian-speaking people of The Clinton administration was mute while one of the most violent anti-Western Muslim sects spilled into Afghanistan from their Pakistan-based "religious schools" and took control of the capital. The United States Presidency of Bill Clinton, also known as the Clinton Administration, was the executive branch of the Federal We remained paralyzed while they moved to destroy moderate Muslim forces. While administration officials expressed concern of the Taliban's complete denial of rights for women, it was little more than lip service. Even modest support from the United States for moderate Muslim forces in Afghanistan and serious political pressure on Pakistan could have thwarted the takeover of this strategically important country by these militant extremists. The danger of the spread of fanaticism expressed by the newly independent republics of Central Asia was smugly ignored.

During the summer of 2001, Rohrabacher made a trip to Qatar that was paid for by the Islamic Institute and the Government of Qatar, according to Rohrabacher’s financial disclosure forms. Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated While in Qatar, Rohrabacher, Grover Norquist, and Khaled Saffuri met with Taliban Foreign Minister Mullah Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil. Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is president of anti- Tax Lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform. Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil (born circa 1971 was the last Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Wakil reportedly asked for help in increasing the amount of foreign aid sent by the United States to Afghanistan, apparently in exchange for U. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, S. oil company UNOCAL being allowed to construct of an oil pipeline through Afghanistan. Union Oil Company of California dba Unocal is a defunct company that was a major petroleum explorer and marketer in the late 19th century through the 20th century and into the early If Rohrabacher was conducting diplomacy, he was in violation of the Logan Act, which prohibits citizens from doing so if not in an official capacity. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments Rohrabacher told wire service reporters who were present in Doha, Qatar at the time that he had discussed a “peace plan” with the Taliban. Doha (الدوحة or Ad-Dōḥah) is the Capital city of Qatar. But Norquist, a close associate of Rohrabacher, said that the meeting happened accidentally and that it included Rohrabacher yelling at them about blowing up the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices ^[19]

The Taliban later announced in Kabul that it had rejected what it considered were unreasonable demands by the U. } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with S. side. Rohrabacher’s staff would not answer questions about the Taliban talks. ^[19]

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Rohrabacher claimed that the attacks were due to incompetence on the part of the Clinton administration. [4]

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 pitching a television show after the producer paid him a $23,000 option on a nearly 30 year old screenplay. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed " 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 if the money was for the introductions to congressional and federal officials conducted by Rohrabacher. Rohrabacher claims that the introductions were done in good faith and 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. ^[21]

In May 2006, Rohrabacher, through his press secretary, announced that he will 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. [5]

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 receiving 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. " 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] Rohrabacher was named Countdown with Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" on April 25. Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.

Family

In August 1997, Rohrbacher married Orange County political operative (and fellow surfer) Rhonda Carmony. Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders On April 27, 2004, he and his wife became parents to triplets. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

His wife also serves as his campaign manager; however, under a proposed ethics reform bill that bans spousal employment, this practice may soon become illegal. She has received an estimated $169,000 total of campaign funds over the past three election cycles, including $57,000 in the 2006 election cycle. In the last quarter of 2007, she took out $10,844, or about half of the campaign's spending. ^{[23] [24]} Commenting on the proposed change,Rohrabacher said "It's gonna hurt me. My family would be deprived of that income. I think it's baloney. I think it's just a way of not having to look at issues by making it a personal matter. "^[25]

Libertarianism

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Rohrabacher was influenced by the anarcho-capitalist ideas of Robert LeFevre, who had moved his Freedom School to Santa Ana, California, renaming it Rampart College. Robert LeFevre (1911–1986 was an American libertarian Businessman Radio personality and primary theorist of Autarchism. Founded in 1869 Santa Ana ( is the most populous city in Orange County California and is the County seat and a city of about 353184 people. ^[26] Rohrabacher appeared at various meetings and conferences, including the "Left-Right Festival of Mind Liberation" in 1969. [6] Rohrabacher would often play the four-string banjo and sing his original libertarian-themed songs, including "Individual Man": "I don't own nobody. The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the Nobody does own me. I'm just an individual man, just want to be free. . . . "

Bryan Doherty writes that "Out west a California Libertarian Alliance (CLA), with Dana Rohrabacher and Shawn Steel . . . as chief organizers, often in cooperation with Robert LeFevre (freshly relocated there) , ran huge mass meetings and conferences with names, such as the Left/Right Festivarl of Mind liberation, and featuring speakers ranging from Mises to Hess, from LeFevre to ex-SDSer Carl Oglesby. Robert LeFevre (1911–1986 was an American libertarian Businessman Radio personality and primary theorist of Autarchism. "^[27] Also, "[Rohrabacher] was sent out on a shoestring [by LeFevre] to sing his anarcho-LeFevrian folk songs at college campuses across the nation to help turn right-wingers into LeFevre-style libertarians. Rohrabacher is known today to the residents of Orange County as their congressman. "^[28]

Rohrabacher drifted towards the mainstream along with billionaire funder of libertarian causes Charles Koch. Charles de Ganahl Koch (pronounced /koʊk/) (born November 1, 1935) is chairman of the board and Chief executive He worked for a while in the early 1970s as an editorial writer for The Register (today called The Orange County Register) newspaper in Santa Ana, California, then a conservative newspaper with a libertarian bent. The Orange County Register is a daily Newspaper published in Santa Ana, California. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Founded in 1869 Santa Ana ( is the most populous city in Orange County California and is the County seat and a city of about 353184 people. ^[29]

According to Doherty, "By the 1980s, a calmer Rohrabacher was a Reagan speechwriter, and pure anticommunism seemed to be motivating him more than his old-school libertarianism. . . . [He] tells me that 'we did what young people always do: carried our ideals out to the very farthest logical extension. Once you push abstract theory out too far in reality it becomes unworkable. ' . . . 'I believed we should go for no government. And of course it doesn't take you long to realize that's not going to be too much a part of the public debate. '"^[30]

Rohrabacher remained an amateur musician who in the late 1980s appeared, alongside Chris Cox, to sing at the Orange County Press Club's musical lampooning annual political events. Charles Christopher Cox (born October 16, 1952, in St Paul Minnesota, USA has served as Chairman of the U

2006 election

In November 2006, Rohrabacher faced Democrat Jim Brandt (neither had any opponent in the June primary). Jim Brandt is a Californian who has run for Congress twice in the 46th District. Rohrabacher defeated Brandt by a 59. 6%-36. 7% margin (a Libertarian was the remaining 3. 7%). ^[31]

2008 election

On February 2, 2008, Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook announced her intention to challenge Rohrabacher in the November 2008 election. Debbie Cook is the mayor of Huntington Beach California, and Democratic candidate for California's 46th congressional district. While Democrat Cook faces a district with high Republican registration she has high name-recognition and popularity within the Huntington Beach, California portion of the District. Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, United States. ^[32] Additionally some publications have noted frustration with Rohrabacher's ability and willingness to bring resources back to his district. ^[33] Rohrabacher also faces a primary challenge from Huntington Beach property-rights attorney Ronald R. St. John. ^[34] St. John is challenging Rohrabacher's views on immigration reform. ^[35]

References

External links

• U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher, U. S. House site
• Dana Rohrabacher at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Extraordinary Rendition Hearing
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Dana Rohrabacher profile
• Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Campaign site
• Planetary Defense

Political offices
Preceded by Dan Lungren	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 42nd congressional district 1989–1993	Succeeded by George Brown, Jr.
Preceded by Duncan Hunter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 45th congressional district 1993–2003	Succeeded by Mary Bono
Preceded by Loretta Sanchez	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 46th congressional district 2003 – present	Incumbent

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