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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 25, 2019

There seems to be no review of these grants, how these grants are used by the NGOs.

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Sep 25, 2019

I have seen people who couldn't pay their smugglers and got stabbed in the face 22 times.

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Sep 25, 2019

It may be something that is simply endemic to grants, and maybe we ought to be just doing a lot less of that.

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Sep 25, 2019

We all have to do better. And as I watch these massive grants going out with very little direction and virtually no oversight, it concerns me greatly.

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Sep 25, 2019

I would strongly urge you to use the previous administration as a model of what not to do.

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Sep 25, 2019

Well, we all have to do better. And as I watch these massive grants going out with very little direction and virtually no oversight, it concerns me greatly.

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Sep 25, 2019

And it may be something that is simply endemic to grants, and maybe we ought to be just doing a lot less of that.

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Sep 25, 2019

There is no downside in securing our border.

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Sep 25, 2019

And you would think that if the gun control laws were a solution to the problem, the problem would at least be getting better by now, not getting worse. But it is clearly getting much worse.

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Sep 24, 2019

Most importantly, we used to confine the dangerously mentally ill when we identified them in mental hospitals where we could treat them and prevent them from harming others.

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Sep 24, 2019

But whenever anybody suggests that maybe we ought to have lethal force to protect our children, people go crazy over that.

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Sep 24, 2019

50 years ago, we had very few gun control laws. Today, we have a great many. If these laws were actually the answer to these massacres, shouldn't the problem be getting better and not worse by now?

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