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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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Sep 26, 2023

Never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. And I don't see an ending to this.

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Sep 19, 2023

Now, that sounds an awful lot like obstruction of justice to me.

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Sep 19, 2023

We have had two IRS Whistleblowers inform Congress of attempts by senior Justice Department officials to obstruct the criminal investigation into millions of dollars of ill-gotten and undeclared income to Hunter Biden.

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Sep 19, 2023

I am asking about their records and how those records would commend them to the appointments that you made.

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Sep 19, 2023

This double standard of Justice couldn't be more glaring.

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Sep 18, 2023

The beauty of the American Constitution is in its simplicity and its humility.

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Sep 18, 2023

I would just urge you and my conservative colleagues who mistakenly believe that term limits are going to improve the Legislative Branch, please, please look to States like California that succumbed to that siren song, and ask yourself if…

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Sep 18, 2023

The U.S. Government may not increase its debt except for a specific purpose by legislation adopted by three-quarters of the membership of both houses of Congress.

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Sep 18, 2023

What is a balanced budget? Isn't it simply a budget that doesn't require us to borrow?

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Sep 18, 2023

I introduced a call for a Constitutional Convention for a balanced budget when I was in the State assembly close to 40 years ago now.

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Sep 13, 2023

Six and a half million people entering our country illegally is ridiculous.

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Sep 13, 2023

How thorough can the vetting process be under such circumstances?

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Sep 13, 2023

It reversed the entire like 29 years of my career. It reversed all the progress we made and completed decimated border security.

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Sep 13, 2023

Why do we have a terrorist watchlist? If people on our terrorist watchlist can simply walk into our open Southern border, then why do we have one at all?

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Sep 13, 2023

Under the open border policies of the Democrats, if you illegally enter this country, seek out a Border Patrol agent and make a false asylum claim, you will almost certainly be released into our country.

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Sep 13, 2023

We talk about legalizing the process. Don't we already have a legal process availed by millions of people?

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Sep 13, 2023

In June, FBI Director Chris Wray testified before this Committee that there has been an uptick in 'known or suspected terrorists coming across the Southern border,' and that 'the Southern border represents a massive security threat.'

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Sep 13, 2023

The information they give the officer, their name, and even their fingerprints, are bounced off of a data base here in the United States that has minuscule information about foreigners in it.

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Sep 13, 2023

There is no bandwidth for that. So, it is nice to talk about things.

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Sep 13, 2023

We do know that among those aliens the Border Patrol has apprehended, the number of suspected terrorists has increased exponentially.

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Sep 13, 2023

I am pro-America. I am pro preserving the values of our country and having a sovereign border.

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Sep 13, 2023

On January 20th, we will mark the 3rd Anniversary of the Biden Executive Orders that opened our borders to the world.

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Sep 13, 2023

Every time there has been a consequence for a crime, a deterrent, and a consequence, that crime has gone down.

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Sep 13, 2023

we did request a classified briefing from DHS and the FBI on this subject and they said the earliest they could get to it was September 29th

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Sep 13, 2023

now bringing his accomplices in through the Southern border.

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