Mar 7, 2011
You appear to have become an active obstacle to developing them to the sustainable prosperity of our Nation.
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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Mar 7, 2011
We have had much more intense forest fires over the past few years in my neck of the woods specifically because of the failure of the Forest Service to provide the sound forest management practices that were employed in 1980 when we were…
Mar 7, 2011
Thank you Mr. Chairman. Director Abbey, my ears perked up when you mentioned--and I want to be sure I understood this correctly--that you believe there are 280 million acres of BLM land that have moderate to high potential for oil and gas…
Mar 7, 2011
That is an extraordinarily circular form of logic, Chief Tidwell. You are closing off vast amounts of our forests, our public lands to public access.
Mar 7, 2011
Well, getting to Mr. Young's implied point then, you are no longer the Bureau of Land Management, you are the Bureau of Land Closures. Why shouldn't we rename your agency to reflect your actual work?
Mar 2, 2011
My question is at a time of skyrocketing electricity prices, shouldn't we be focusing on the cheapest forms of electricity rather than subsidizing the most expensive?
Mar 2, 2011
Wind and solar are not reliable sources of power and we have to keep a megawatt of back up power for every megawatt of wind and solar.
Mar 2, 2011
So the answer is yes, for every megawatt of wind or solar we put on line we also have to then have an additional megawatt of standby reliable power for those moments when the clouds pass over a solar array or the wind drops off, correct?
Mar 2, 2011
Actually, photovoltaic technology was invented 175 years ago in 1836, and in 175 years of technological research and advancement have we yet invented a more expensive way of generating electricity?
Mar 2, 2011
So we are pouring untold billions of dollars, certainly hundreds of millions of dollars, into subsidies for the most expensive way that we have yet invented to produce electricity.
Mar 1, 2011
In Northern Arizona, 1,000 megawatts of hydroelectricity, enough to power roughly a million homes, has been sacrificed in the name of the humpback chub.
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