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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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Sep 12, 2012

Mr. Chairman, I believe that this House should proceed.

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Sep 12, 2012

I believe the House should proceed to hold Mr. Kemkar and Ms. Ishee in contempt and to pursue what legal sanctions against them that are available to us.

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Sep 10, 2012

We are literally paying three times for the power. What consumer in his right mind would voluntarily bear such costs?

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Sep 10, 2012

I have to say that the consistent refusal of the Secretary to respond to requests by this Committee to discuss that memo bespeaks either an autocratic contempt for the legitimate constitutional authority of Congress, or an utter lack of…

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Sep 10, 2012

We are basically paying twice for the power. We are paying once for the gas turbine to be generating, ready to flip that switch, and then we are paying again the much higher cost of wind and solar.

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Sep 10, 2012

I am ready to have the conversation at any point in time that you would like to move forward.

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Aug 14, 2012

Well, I am told in Alaska, they are now pioneering what they are calling ocean ranching where the hatchlings are released directly into the ocean and then harvested directly out of the ocean.

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Aug 14, 2012

No single person, be they an unelected bureaucrat or federal judge, should ever have authority to initiate such an action.

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Aug 14, 2012

My district touches the Klamath Valley where the environmental left seeks to spend well over a quarter billion dollars tearing down four perfectly good hydroelectric dams that are capable of producing clean and inexpensive electricity for…

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Aug 14, 2012

They lost because the people of the Pacific Northwest know that removal of these dams would be an extreme action that would cost jobs.

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Aug 14, 2012

You are going to have to pay for the much more expensive power.

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