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.
As I noted earlier, states are the laboratories of democracy and are better equipped to make decisions regarding fines and fees implemented in the State statutes and municipal codes.
We looked our neighbors in the eye as we identified ourselves and they handed us our ballot.
The important and salient point here is that the State legislature made that change, the corrective, without being coerced or enticed by the United States Congress.
By definition, in a democracy, somebody is always going to win, and somebody is always going to lose.
We are incentivizing people in America not to work, and then we're coming back on the other side here and saying, hey, we've got to have more people that come from foreign countries.
Madam Chair, I would like to make a unanimous consent request to enter several statements into the record.
Maybe this is something the Democrats and Republicans could get together on. Maybe we have too many organizations.
It just really highlights how disastrous our immigration system is. We really need reform from top to bottom to get a reasoned immigration system.





