Tom McClintock

I have been an opponent of PROMESA since it was first introduced.

It is not what our constituents have a right to expect of us.

That can't be done on a Zoom call.

What would be wrong with repealing PROMESA, disbanding its management board and then handing the whole mess back to the people who created it?

the Congress has to share the responsibility in making sure that the people of Puerto Rico have the tools not only to exit bankruptcy but also to pave the way for economic recovery.

I am deeply disappointed that this Committee hearing is conducted in a manner that makes a mockery of the constitutional process of government that is set forth in our Constitution.

Congress, the very word means the act of getting together and meeting.

I would suggest that we suspend this until Mr. Graves can join the Committee to which he is duly appointed as an elected Member of the House of Representatives.

I am informed that Garret Graves, a member of this Committee, has been trying to get on this hearing and has not been able to.

PROMESA's unelected management board is an affront to, little D, democratic values and, little R, republican institutions.

He died because a rogue cop with multiple complaints for misconduct was allowed to remain on a police force.

No-knock warrants have been proven to be lethal to citizens and to police officials, for obvious reasons.

Ninty-nine percent of the people who serve in law enforcement and put their lives on the line every day of the year are good cops.

If the police end up being defunded, which I think would be a horrible idea, let's look at what the consequence will be.

Turning police departments into paramilitary organizations is antithetical to the sixth principle laid down by Peel.

Every person in a free society has the right to take arms against an intruder in their homes.

For every right, there must be a remedy, and qualified immunity prevents a remedy for those whose rights have been violated by officials holding a public trust.

I see nothing wrong with having a bad cop database, but having a database isn't going to get somebody fired who ought to be fired.

Withdrawing police protection from our streets, abandoning police stations to rioters, turning a blind eye to looting, arson, and mayhem, all have an incendiary effect on insurrections.

Police records must be open to the public.

A lot of the police union activity that we have seen has been to protect bad cops.

I think we need to make a distinction between the right to peaceable assembly, which is sacred and protected under our First Amendment, and violence, arson, and vandalism, which is not so protected.

Since the First Step Act was signed into law, we have seen communities restored, hope renewed, and families reunited.

When Matthew Charles walked into the room just beside me in that library and hugged me, saying I am now out of prison because of the First Step Act, thank you.

Yes. President Trump's desk for a signature, after 8 years under the previous administration, which we talked about it a lot.