News List

  • **Blog** Welcome to the 111th Congress!
    Jan 5, 2009  - This week marks the beginning of the 111th Congress. Every two years, voters in the United States exercise their right to elect their congressional representatives. I am proud, honored and humbled that the people of the 46th District have reelected me to represent them in Washington for an 11th term... More
  • ***PRESS RELEASE*** Rep. Rohrabacher Gives Speech At MagLev World Conference
    Dec 16, 2008  - Today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) gave a policy speech at the International MagLev Conference hosted by General Atomics and the University of San Diego, in San Diego, CA. Rep. Rohrabacher is spearheading the effort to introduce a new, environmentally friendly cargo container transport system known... More
  • Interview: ‘Our people are at risk,’ Rep. Rohrabacher warns
    Nov 4, 2008  - First, sir, let me thank you for the support you and your office have given to the 2008 Maritime Security Exposition and Conference, to be held Nov. 18-19 in Long Beach. Moreover, thank you for this interview and for the strong stances you have taken in regard to maritime and border security. What i... More
  • ***Press Release*** Rohrabacher Laments Chinese Scanning Technology For Use At Port of Los Angeles
    Oct 24, 2008  - During a segment to air Friday, October 24th on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) called for tighter Department of Homeland Security standards for the procurement of new technologies used to protect our nation’s ports. The Port of Los Angeles (POLA), the nation’s largest and loca... More
  • ***PRESS RELEASE*** Rep. Rohrabacher Secures New Firefighting Technology Funding, Helps Combat Wildfires
    Sep 24, 2008  - Today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s (R-CA) $2.32 million spending request for testing of the new cost effective Precision Container Air Delivery System (PCADS), overwhelmingly passed the House as part of the FY 09 Continuing Resolution package. The PCADS technology is currently being developed as a power... More
  • Editorial: Not seeing the light on solar
    Sep 16, 2008  - Environmental extremism is a significant impediment to development of traditional energy sources, such as coal, oil and natural gas. For decades, green extremists have demanded the nation turn away from fossil-fuel and instead develop "affordable," renewable alternatives. For instance, solar power. ... More
  • Wall Street Journal: The Sun King
    Sep 12, 2008  - Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, thinks he has a partial solution to America's dependence on high-priced foreign oil. But he says liberals and environmentalists are rejecting it. Mr. Rohrabacher -- who notes 130 pending applications for solar power projects on federal land ... More
  • News: House panel knocks VA over destroyed lab specimens
    Sep 9, 2008  - Lawmakers on Tuesday castigated Veterans Administration health officials for ordering the destruction of biomedical specimens on Legionnaires' disease and other infectious diseases that two prominent researchers had collected over a quarter-century. "Months of investigation by the subcommittee h... More
  • The Sky is Falling: the deadly threat posed by Near Earth Objects and what we can do about it
    Jul 21, 2008  - On June 14, 2002, the Earth narrowly avoided a deadly event. One which quite possibly would have had a devastating effect on the course of humankind. The close call came and went, and for three days nobody noticed that day a football field sized asteroid careening at 6.2 miles per second came within... More
  • The Tunguska Event 100 years later
    Jun 30, 2008  - The week marks the 100 year anniversary of the Tunguska Event. On January 30, 1908, an asteroid or comet roughly the length of half a football field exploded over a remote region in Siberia.  The explosion flattened over 80 million trees and decimated over 2,000 square kilometers. Fortunatel... More