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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 22, 2023

It is basically becoming impossible since Biden changed those policies, is that correct?

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May 22, 2023

If you found a rattlesnake curled up in a corner of your bedroom that wasn't doing anything, would you simply monitor it until it did?

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May 22, 2023

When Mr. Biden canceled work on the border wall did that also cancel work on the technology at the border to detect illegal crossing?

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May 22, 2023

And the trestle project would have prevented that, would it not?

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May 22, 2023

What would be cheaper, restoring the 10 a.m. Rule and applying resources to put out a lot of small fires immediately, or waiting until one of those fires explodes out of control?

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May 22, 2023

when they say, well, it is climate change, I think how clever of the climate to know exactly the boundary line between the private and Federal lands, and only devastate those on the Federal side of the boundary line.

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May 22, 2023

That is not humane in any way. Terrorists, human traffickers, and fentanyl poisonings are a product of what has happened under the Biden Administration and Secretary Mayorkas.

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May 22, 2023

Let me just very quickly put one final question to you... Why is it that private landowners make money keeping their forests in healthy condition, and today the Forest Service ends up losing money and our forests are in terrible condition?

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May 22, 2023

Private lands are usually healthy. They are well managed. Tree density is matched to the ability of the land to support it, and they actually make money doing that.

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May 22, 2023

I think we are entitled to ask how are the forests doing? And the answer is absolutely damning.

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May 15, 2023

Wouldn't it be a good idea to go back to the policies that worked, instead of continuing to defend the policies that don't?

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