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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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Jun 6, 2023

Without enforcement, there is no immigration law. Without immigration law, there are no borders, and, without borders, we have no country.

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Jun 6, 2023

We are a Nation of laws, or we are not a Nation at all.

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Jun 6, 2023

212(f) has been around since, I guess, 1956. It's been used many, many times.

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Jun 6, 2023

If President Biden does not secure this border, we're going to have another 9/11. That's how serious this is.

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Jun 6, 2023

Mr. Wolf, when you were Acting DHS Secretary the border was secure, was it not, for all intents and purposes?

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Jun 6, 2023

I'm the only one that has arrested an illegal alien, that has been deported six previous times, for killing one of my senior citizens.

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Jun 6, 2023

the gentlelady's time has expired. Since that was an ad hominem attack, I'll give Mr. Wolf--

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Jun 6, 2023

The real solution would have been to prevent this crisis from happening in the first place.

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Jun 6, 2023

We Americans have always prided ourselves as being a Nation of laws and not of men, and yet it appears that our immigration laws are now routinely ignored, altered, or perverted by the whims of individuals within this administration.

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Jun 6, 2023

Of course, all that changed when the new administration took office and immediately canceled the border wall.

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Jun 6, 2023

Lincoln put it this way: The voters are everything. If the voters get their back sides too close to the fire, they'll just have to sit on the blisters awhile.

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Jun 6, 2023

A controlled border is a compassionate border.

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