Dana Rohrabacher News

"My dad and mom met at the Pike," Gerrie Schipske began. For the broadly accomplished, 62-year-old, Long Beach City Councilwoman, that was the beginning - the chance interaction of a couple of teenagers on the bright, bustling midway of a classic old amusement park in 1948.

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher at a hearing in Washington D.C. on March 19, 2013. Congressman Rohrabacher has called on the Taiwan administration to resist pressure from the Chinese Communist Party over press freedom.

On Thursday, the space and research subcommittees of the House Science Committee held a joint hearing on "Exoplanet Discoveries: Have We Found Other Earths?" . Exoplanet research, as you might imagine, is not particularly controversial, and seems far removed from big issues facing NASA today on Capitol Hill.

THE LEDE : Four House lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to allow consumers to unlock their cellphones, which allows them to switch carriers.

Lawmakers on Thursday urged NASA to be more realistic about developing space technology in light of budget constraints.

Alaska's Rep. Don Young has signed on to a bill in Congress that would protect marijuana users from federal prosecution in states where it is legal, saying that the states should be left to decide whether to legalize marijuana or not, and the federal government should stay out of it.

LEGALIZE POT: Demonstrators demand the legalization of cannabis as they walk in downtown Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2009.

May 9 - The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats gathered information today regarding concerns being raised about imports of food from China that are entering the U.S. "We don't trust, for good reason, the Chinese to supply ingredients for our dog and cat food," said hearing witness Mark A. Kastel, ... (more)

The Huntington Beach City Council decided Monday not to send a group letter to the state Coastal Commission opposing a proposed desalination plant for fear they may be sued.

There is a wonderful Quranic passage placing primacy on the sanctity of life: "If anyone kills another without a just cause ... it is as if he has killed the whole of mankind.

When subscribers to Military Times receive their latest issue of the paper this week, they'll see an ad posing a poll with a seemingly obvious answer: "Which would you rather be? Captured and Tortured, or Rescued and Set Free." The ad directs readers to choose their answer online at www.freeafridi.com. Dr.

Space advocacy organizations, educational institutions and companies from around the world are among the 22 groups which will be presenting as exhibitors at this year's International Space Development Conference.

If you believe in man-made climate change - and think the nation's unemployment rate truly has fallen to 7.5 percent - then Rep.

One of the many great ironies of American politics is that liberals claim that conservative men donA t like strong women.

The Obama administration's "quiet diplomacy" aimed at securing the release of a Pakistan doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden is not working and should be replaced by tough steps against Islamabad, a Republican lawmaker said Monday.

The California activist behind a campaign to free a Pakistani doctor who helped hunt down Usama bin Laden has put the issue before the men and women who risk their own lives and freedom fighting for America.

Remember the mock hearings being held at the National Press Club this week on whether the government is engaged in a massive coverup of extraterrestrial visitations? The one held by a group of conspiracy-believers, paying six ex-lawmakers $20,000 to listen to a week of testimony and decide these things? Yeah, that was a thing .

The elephant in the room of all attempts by states to regulate marijuana is the current federal prohibition, which began in earnest under President Richard Nixon.

U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher says a chance has been missed to solve the problem between Kosovo's ethnic Serbs and Albanians permanently.

The Internets were abuzz this week with tales of how Rep. Barbara Lee , that notorious Berkeley liberal, introduced a resolution claiming that climate change forces women to be prostitutes.