House Chamber, Washington, D.C. February 15, 2011 M. Speaker: Last year I voted to extend the PATRIOT Act for one year. I regret that vote and was glad to have been able to correct it, although I am pained that the House voted otherwise yesterday. During this past year, I have become convinced that the provisions of the so-called PATRIOT Act are an affront to | Read More »
House Resolution 72 Remarks by Congressman Tom McClintock House Chamber, Washington, D.C As Chairman of the Water and Power Subcommittee of Natural Resources, my colleagues and I are excited and eager to undertake the mission outlined in House Resolution 72: to identify the federal regulations in this field that are impeding job creation and slowing the economy. The only problem is deciding where to begin. | Read More »
By Tom McClintock Remarks delivered in the House Chamber, Washington, D.C. January 6, 2011. M. Speaker: I rise to express the hope that historians will look back on the 112th Congress as the session that restored American prosperity – and to express my strong agreement with the new leaders of this House who have declared that every action of this body must be measured against | Read More »
I commend the Senate for passing the tax relief measure yesterday (HR 4853 – Tax Relief Compromise), and I hope that the House passes it today. According to the CBO, this bill comprises $136 billion in additional spending and $721 billion in tax relief. That means fifteen percent of this bill is spending – the other 85 percent is tax relief: • No across the | Read More »
WASHINGTON D.C. – House Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-04) today delivered the attached remarks on the House floor during a debate on HR 4753 – Claims Resolution Act of 2010. HR 4753 – Claims Resolution Act of 2010 Congressman Tom McClintock November 30, 2010 Mr. Speaker: Titles 3 through 6 of the bill purport to settle four water rights claims | Read More »
In a moment of breathtaking condescension during the debate over ObamaCare, Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it…” Well, they passed it. And ever since, the American people have been finding out what’s in it. There’s a reason that not a single Democrat in a competitive race is touting his or her support for | Read More »
H.R. 1586: Defying the Law of Holes August 10, 2010 Mr. Speaker: Many people are asking why Congress is here today. I think the answer’s pretty simple: we’re not bankrupting the country fast enough and so we need to come back and spend more. In the merciful week that Congress was not in session, my constituents had one message: STOP THE SPENDING. Obviously, Congress isn’t | Read More »
California’s Proposition 8: Judge Walker’s opinion that traditional marriage is an affront to the Bill of Rights would no doubt have come as a surprise to the American Founders – and to more than two centuries of American jurisprudence affirming that institution. Fortunately, the architects of our Constitution recognized the damage that feeble reasoning can do from the bench and provided a multitude of checks | Read More »
Debate on HR 4213 Remarks by Representative Tom McClintock House Chamber, Washington, D.C. July 22, 2010 M. Speaker: Anyone who has experienced firsthand the quiet panic that stalks every waking hour of an unemployed family knows how frightening and debilitating is chronic unemployment. You watch your savings evaporate, you see your children going without the material things their friends enjoy, and you count | Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Tom McClintock (R – CA) delivered the following remarks today on the House floor about stimulus spending and unemployment: Repeating the Lesson House Chamber, Washington, D.C. July 20, 2010 Mr. Speaker: When the stimulus bill became law, unemployment stood at 8.2 percent. Today, eighteen months and hundreds of billions of dollars later, unemployment is 9.5 percent. This spending binge hasn’t made | Read More »
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