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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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Jan 31, 2023

Since Joe Biden canceled the Remain in Mexico policy and ordered ICE not to enforce court-ordered deportations and abandoned the border wall and signaled to the world that America's borders no longer mattered, we have seen 1.7 million…

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Jan 31, 2023

This administration of the Democrat party unfortunately uses race as a scapegoat for everything.

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Dec 7, 2022

This hearing is absolutely astonishing to me. Your star Witness is a pathetic grifter, a documented liar...

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Jul 27, 2022

The would-be assassin of Justice Kavanaugh made it very clear that, by killing a conservative Supreme Court Justice or two, he could singlehandedly change the majority of the Court.

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Jul 27, 2022

Why is that law not being enforced?

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Jul 27, 2022

The cyber threat is a vast and complicated one.

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Jul 27, 2022

By failing to enforce the laws that protect the safety of Supreme Court Justices, aren't you, in effect, sending an open season message to extremists across the country?

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Jul 27, 2022

We are watching videos of this occurring quite regularly in front of Justices' residences.

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Jul 27, 2022

I find that astonishing for an officer given the trust that you have been given by the United States Government.

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Jul 27, 2022

We've had 900,000 gotaways because the Border Patrol has been completely overwhelmed by this mass migration along our southern border.

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Jul 27, 2022

How many of those terrorists do you imagine are among the 900,000 gotaways that we were unable to intercept?

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Jul 27, 2022

You have to play 100 percent defense. You can't let them score in any way, form, or manner.

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Jul 19, 2022

The average American family with two working parents has lost $6,800 in annual income since Joe Biden took office.

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Jul 18, 2022

Which is why we have a Constitution to restrain it, but that Constitution guarantees me not only my Fourth Amendment privileges against the government to come snooping into my affairs, but it also gives me the freedom to enter into…

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Jul 18, 2022

We have a right to be secure in our papers, those things that we either write down or say privately.

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Jul 18, 2022

I understand that, but the flip side of that is, do we want our government interfering with our right to contract with providers for services that we may find appealing under the terms of that agreement?

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Jul 18, 2022

Well, that is what it means to be a grownup. You have to read it and stand by your agreements.

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Jul 18, 2022

I have told the other party in that contract it is okay for you to sell certain information.

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Jul 13, 2022

I do think there is a clear consensus that if somebody is lying unconscious in a hospital bed and they have a heartbeat and a brain wave they are a human being.

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Jul 13, 2022

Shouldn't respect for democracy leave these issues to the people through their elected representatives?

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Jul 13, 2022

The majority of Americans tell pollsters that they support Roe v. Wade, but at the same time they also tell those pollsters that abortion should be banned after 15 weeks.

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Jul 13, 2022

If Congress is given enumerated powers, I don't find abortion one way or another among those enumerated powers.

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Jun 28, 2022

How many deported family members have been allowed back in?

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Jun 28, 2022

Does the Immigration and Nationality Act include an exemption from removal based on military service for foreign nationals who commit removable offenses?

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Jun 28, 2022

In April, DHS Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, told this Committee in sworn testimony that the southern border is secure. This, of course, was untrue.

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