Now, when you go to a bank you see an armed guard and that guard is there to protect our money. Why would anyone object to an armed guard in a school who is there to protect our children?
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.
Unfortunately, what has happened, because the standards that the PTAB are lower than the standards in the court, is we have tipped the scales in favor of those who have the deepest pockets instead of those who have the best ideas.
That is why, along with Congressman Bill Foster, Tom McClintock, Nydia Velazquez, we have introduced the bipartisan Stronger Patents Act.
We need to bring back injunctions and restore the property rights that are enshrined in the Constitution again.
This absence of Congressional action since 1952 has allowed the courts to set policy on what can and cannot get a patent.
The second thing the Stronger Patent Act does is it restores injunctive relief.
I would first observe that every police officer that I have spoken with on this subject strongly supports body cameras because they provide an accurate record of encounters.
I saw the video of the killing of Eric Garner, and it is appalling, particularly when you consider the fact the only crime that was even alleged was selling loose cigarettes.
The President was being treated unfairly and he had done nothing wrong, yet it's upon this pretext the Democrats feel justified to invoke impeachment.
If we're serious about protecting the American political process from unwarranted interference, either by foreign governments or by our own government, where should we be looking?
For more than 3 years now, our Nation has been torn apart by this monstrous lie that the President of the United States was a willing agent of a hostile foreign power.
As dually elected Members of this Committee and as elected Members of the House of Representatives, each of us is limited to 5 minutes.





