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.
It is an absurdity to claim that the granting to Congress of the sole power of impeachment implies duties to the President to cooperate in any and all congressional requests, no matter their merit.
I certainly hope so, because it will be good for the country. It is bipartisan.
The process that ensued was anything but open, transparent, bipartisan, or equitable, abandoning all past historic due process afforded the minority and the President.
The President has legitimate Constitutional privileges, and the courts can and should determine the boundaries of these privileges.
The same rights of due process and the same fidelity to the Constitution are required of us.
This is an impeachment of talking calendar, and I believe that to be true because we are seeing it tonight.
The time to stand up for the Constitution is now. The time to determine how you stand up to the Constitution is by voting no on both Articles of Impeachment.
It is unfortunate, taking up all this time on impeachment when there are so many other things that we ought to be working on for the benefit of the American people.
Public opinion has not coalesced around this act, which should also alert us to the danger that, by proceeding, we would further divide and alienate the American people.
The majority should keep in mind that they will one day be in the minority, and they are setting a precedent in which they will likely one day be the victim themselves.
The Constitution is at stake. The Framers of our Constitution's enlightened decisions are at stake.





