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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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Aug 10, 2023

Our private foresters maintain healthy and resilient forests and they make an awful lot of money doing that.

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Aug 10, 2023

Excess timber will come out of the forest, and it comes out in only two ways: Either we will carry it out or nature will burn it out.

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Aug 10, 2023

all that smoke you are burning are our folks' dreams, businesses, everything they had worked so hard to build.

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Jul 26, 2023

If both parties support a law that forbids performing these transgender procedures on a minor without the full and informed consent of the parents, then Mr. Chair, I believe we should advance such a bill right away.

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Jul 26, 2023

This is an attack on the integrity of women's sports.

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Jul 26, 2023

Parents have a fundamental natural right to raise their children according to their own best judgment.

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Jul 25, 2023

They're following the mass migration into this country. That's what the FBI Director told us.

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Jul 25, 2023

Meanwhile, in 2019, there were 458,000 border encounters. Yet, under your policies, we're now up to 2.3 million encounters.

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Jul 25, 2023

Well, you've already released more than 2.1 million illegal immigrants into this country since you took office.

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Jul 25, 2023

It's clear to me that we're in growing danger of a coordinated terrorist attack because of your policies.

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Jul 25, 2023

the open border is a 'huge driver' of cartel presence in the United States.

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Jul 25, 2023

That's why the numbers are dropping. Instead of them coming in through the Southern border, you're bringing them directly into ports of entry.

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