Thomas McClintock actually said...

"When you defund the police and enact policies to embolden criminals, it often is the minority communities that pay the most egregious price."

"I have introduced legislation that does that."

"the Democrats want to relinquish Congress' constitutional power of the purse to the executive branch to establish debt levels."

"The debt limit is a speed bump. It is designed to prompt the Congress to ask what it is doing wrong."