Political Quotes

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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Mar 6, 2019

Ironically, it may have been saved from outright extinction by--wait for it--fossil fuels, which made whale oil obsolete.

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Mar 6, 2019

Yet, we do not see coincidence with the population of other whale species in the North Atlantic.

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Feb 27, 2019

Your job is to revisit the Act, and I am hopeful and expect that you will do it.

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Feb 27, 2019

I don't think you can be the referee of your own game.

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Feb 27, 2019

I was as much a critic of acting contrary-wise to Congress by the executive in the previous administration as I am presently.

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Feb 27, 2019

I am a life-long Republican. I have been a Republican longer than some of you have been alive.

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Feb 27, 2019

I don't favor open borders and I don't know anybody here that does either.

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Feb 27, 2019

It is time to drop the politics and pick up our principles.

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Feb 25, 2019

If we do not enforce our immigration law, then what exactly do our borders mean?

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Feb 25, 2019

We should be looking at the most cost-effective ways to produce water abundance, not the most expensive.

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Feb 25, 2019

It does not create new water. But it is something that we have to look at. And it can be expensive.

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Feb 25, 2019

Conservation does not add a drop to our water supply, it merely copes with the shortage that our own policies have imposed.

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