We imposed laws years ago that have made the management of our forests virtually impossible, all in the name of improving the forest environment.
Thomas McClintock
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Thomas Miller McClintock is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he has been an advocate for limited government and fiscal conservatism throughout his political career. McClintock has focused on issues such as tax reform, environmental policy, and government spending. He previously served in the California State Assembly and as a member of the California State Senate, where he gained recognition for his commitment to conservative principles.
We set three over-arching objectives for Federal lands: to restore public access to the public lands; to restore good management to the public lands; and to restore the Federal Government as a good neighbor to those communities impacted by…
breathtakingly bad public policy that has made it impossible for us to meet the water needs of Californians.
Until a budget is in place you should not be able to pass legislation that costs money.
I wish we had politically neutral scores and bias and all that, but I do not think we do.
We have 21 trillion in debt going to the kids. Right? Intergenerational theft.
The problem with that is that puts Members' personal interests ahead of their public duties, and that is always a bad place to go.
The point, though, is it is spending in general, whether it is discretionary or mandatory.
I tend to agree with you, although as far as the breakdown of the budget process, I look at the process as laid out in law.





