Tom McClintock

Well, we stopped relying on scientists and forest management some time ago. We have let our forests go to benign neglect.

Every citizen who wants to vote and is qualified to vote should vote without any fear of intimidation or discrimination.

The point is that Congress cannot override the Constitution with a federal statute, and the Fourteenth Amendment explicitly gives the states the right to take away the abilities of felons to vote.

Overall, it federalizes and micromanages the election process and imposes unnecessary, unwise, and, in some cases, unconstitutional mandates on the states.

Why would responsible officials take this step? Because they want to protect the sanctity of every vote by guarding against voter fraud.

To me there are provisions in here that are anti-democratic, taking away the right of voters to make their own decisions

That seems to be a bit of a double standard.

I am saying if Congress has the right to draft and enact elections laws binding the states in federal elections, I would assume that would include forbidding felons to vote, which is recognized under the Fourteenth Amendment.

This is an anti-democratic measure because you are mandating to the states that they replace their elected state representatives with appointed members of the commission.

Section 1401 forces the states to restore the ability of felons to vote the moment they are released from prison. This provision is, clearly, unconstitutional.

It federalizes and micromanages the election process and imposes unnecessary, unwise, and, in some cases, unconstitutional mandates on the states.

But if you are earnestly for the people, if you want everyday citizens to have the power that only comes through their ability to hold elected officials accountable at the ballot box, you send this bill back to the drafting table.

The Supreme Court has already told us that promoting election integrity is both--this way is both legal and necessary.

H.R. 1 could also be called the 'Voting Fraud Act' because it makes unlawful for states and localities to help verify voter residents by sending out cards to addresses.

There is no transparency here, no room for freedom of conscience.

H.R. 1 forces taxpayers to expand the dark web of anonymous donors.

These provisions are not just anti-democratic. They are patently, patently unconstitutional.

H.R. 1 overrides those votes and their communities.

H.R. 1 is also a 'For the Violent Criminals Act.'

The bill requires the government to publish all science underpinning ESA determinations and the costs imposed.

H.R. 3608 is based on a very simple principle, that sunlight is the best of disinfectants.

But we didn't do that. We bumbled into the middle of it, came up with this jerry-rigged system, and it hasn't worked.

Obviously, PROMESA has not lived up to any of its promises.

What is the cheapest way to produce electricity in this market, and why are we making a political decision and not an economic decision?

Our objectives are to restore public access to the public lands, restore good management to the public lands, and to restore the Federal Government as a good neighbor to those communities impacted by the public lands.