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Tom 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.

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May 22, 2023

It is basically becoming impossible since Biden changed those policies, is that correct?

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May 22, 2023

It is well past time that we enforce the law, secure our border, and we should pass--the Senate should pass the bill that we passed in the House just a few weeks ago, so we can get our border under control and secure.

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May 22, 2023

Under the Immigration and Naturalization Act foreign nationals claiming asylum are required to be detained until their claim is heard. Are they?

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May 22, 2023

when they say, well, it is climate change, I think how clever of the climate to know exactly the boundary line between the private and Federal lands, and only devastate those on the Federal side of the boundary line.

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May 22, 2023

The Dems tell us this is just a hemispheric problem beyond our control, but when we had the Remain in Mexico policy and were completing the border wall and were enforcing court-ordered deportations didn't illegal immigration slow to a…

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May 22, 2023

Let me just very quickly put one final question to you... Why is it that private landowners make money keeping their forests in healthy condition, and today the Forest Service ends up losing money and our forests are in terrible condition?

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May 22, 2023

So, I guess the first question is, why shouldn't we extend that to the 193 acres of the U.S. Forest Service?

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May 22, 2023

What would be cheaper, restoring the 10 a.m. Rule and applying resources to put out a lot of small fires immediately, or waiting until one of those fires explodes out of control?

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May 22, 2023

the lands that you are responsible for--are densely overgrown, stressed, and dying, and you lose money doing that.

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May 22, 2023

And the trestle project would have prevented that, would it not?

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May 15, 2023

Wouldn't it be a good idea to go back to the policies that worked, instead of continuing to defend the policies that don't?

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May 10, 2023

you cannot spin the economy. Everybody knows how the economy is doing in their own lives and trying to gaslight them never works.

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May 10, 2023

if your family is spending itself into debt and you need to ask the bank for an increase in your credit card limit, you damn well better have a serious discussion about what has gotten you into this mess and make a plan to get out of that…

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May 10, 2023

Today, we take the first step at exposing the radical executive overreach of President Biden as we work to reverse course and inject a dose of restraint and reason into America's energy policies.

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May 10, 2023

government cannot put a dollar into the economy that it first hasn't taken out of that same economy.

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May 10, 2023

the term woke is not one of the right, it came from the left. It is a toxic combination of socialism and racism.

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Apr 25, 2023

This rule turns law-abiding gun owners into felons is a result of unelected bureaucrats simply enacting a new regulation.

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Apr 25, 2023

It's not the guns; it's our core values that have plummeted.

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Apr 25, 2023

Those follow-up phone calls for those 85,000 children now are simply going unanswered. We don't know where they are.

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Apr 25, 2023

The left has been chipping away at our rights for years.

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Apr 25, 2023

The moment children are returned home, their business will dry up.

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Apr 25, 2023

We created child slavery here in this country.

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Apr 25, 2023

Compromising on our fundamental rights is not going to keep our children safe, either.

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