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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 16, 2022

There is no penalty for violating the Constitution because the Constitution is supposed to be a self-enforcing document.

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May 16, 2022

It seems to me that it is time that Congress restored that balance which is at the center of the constitutional architecture.

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May 16, 2022

James Madison said that in his opinion, the single most important provision in the Constitution was the provision that gave the power to declare war to Congress and not to the President.

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May 11, 2022

During the Trump administration emissions went down an average of 2.5 percent a year. During the Biden administration they have gone up 6.3 percent.

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May 11, 2022

This Administration can no longer have no to everything as an energy policy.

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May 11, 2022

This is absolutely disgusting. It is absolutely unforced errors, self-imposed impacts on the U.S. economy.

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May 11, 2022

You have one in every five Americans right now that can't afford to even cover their electricity bill.

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Apr 27, 2022

So, you don't have an answer for how any of this benefits Americans.

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Apr 27, 2022

How does this make our communities safer?

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Apr 27, 2022

You're either accepting the Biden Administration--and if that's the case, then you should be impeached.

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Apr 27, 2022

You have assured us that ICE prioritizes criminal removals.

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Apr 27, 2022

Your detainers for homicides are down 42 percent.

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Apr 27, 2022

I would like to know why you think this benefits Americans?

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Apr 27, 2022

Under your administration with more agents and judges you have deported only 59,000.

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Apr 26, 2022

On Earth Day this year, President Biden said--I love this quote--'One of the things I found out as President of the United States, I get to spend a lot of that money. We are going to start the process where every vehicle in the United…

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Apr 26, 2022

So, you would place the climate in the same category as China or the national debt.

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Apr 26, 2022

We are spending more and yet we got half the ships and half the planes we had in 1985. This is unacceptable.

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Apr 26, 2022

I happen to agree with Ronald Reagan that defense is not a budget issue. You spend what you need to spend in order to protect the country.

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Apr 26, 2022

With all due respect, Mr. McCord, that is nuts.

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Apr 26, 2022

the situation at the border is an unmitigated disaster, and it is about to get a whole lot worse potentially.

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Apr 26, 2022

Countries that bankrupt themselves aren't around very long.

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Apr 4, 2022

Will the Forest Service support legislation to extend this provision across all Forest Service lands?

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Apr 4, 2022

the Forest Service's budget has more than doubled, doubled, in 10 years, and yet that still is not enough

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