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McClintock Ballot Recommendations

Monday, June 7th, 2010

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
The June primary is tomorrow, be sure that you show up to vote. For those who still have an absentee ballot, please do not mail in your ballot. You would need to drop it off at your local elections office or at your polling location on Tuesday.
On the [...]

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Calderon’s Lecture to Congress

Friday, May 21st, 2010

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
I rise to take strong exception to the speech of the President of Mexico while in this chamber today.
The Mexican government has made it very clear for many years that it holds American sovereignty in contempt and President Calderon’s behavior as a guest of the Congress confirms and [...]

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The Dawn Of The American Reawakening

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
[Remarks given to the How to Take Back America Conference]
A funny thing happened this summer on the Road to Serfdom.  The American people decided we don’t want to go!
We are watching something unfold across the country that is quite remarkable.  We are watching Americans do what Americans have [...]

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Agony of Quincy

Friday, August 28th, 2009

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
Floor Speech by Rep. McClintock

I want to thank my colleague from Utah, Mr. Bishop, for organizing this special order for the House tonight, and for the attention he has devoted to the suffering in my district caused by the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement that seems to [...]

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by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
Rep. McClintock gave the following floor speech in opposition to the Cap and Trade legislation on June 26, 2009.
I had a strange sense of Deja Vu as I watched the self-congratulatory rhetoric on the house floor tonight, and I feel compelled to offer this warning from the Left [...]

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In Memory of Jeremiah P. McCleery

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
Rep. McClintock gave the following speech in the memory of Army Spc. Jeremiah P. McCleery of Portola, CA, who as killed in action in Iraq. A version of this speech was delivered at a memorial for Spc. McCleery in Quincy on Memorial Day.
I rise today with the [...]

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Warnings from the Left Coast

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
A generation ago, California exemplified its nickname, the Golden State. State spending was less than half per capita, inflation-adjusted, what it is today. Its debt-service ratio was less than a third.
Yet Californians enjoyed one of the finest highway systems in the world and one of the finest public [...]

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McClintock on the Propositions

Monday, May 18th, 2009

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
Recommendations for the May 19th Special Election.
Prop 1A: Extend the Tax Increases.  NO.  This is the fig leaf that hides certain deficiencies suffered by the legislators who caved into pressure for the biggest tax increase in California’s history.  This measure EXTENDS the tax increases for up to two [...]

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The Silent Majority Is No Longer Silent

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
Let the word go forth today from gatherings like this across the nation that the silent majority is no longer silent.  We are stirring.  We are awakening.  We are many.  And we are Americans – the latest generation of Americans who have been called upon to defend our [...]

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Honk If You’re Paying My Mortgage

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

by Tom McClintock | Sacramento and D.C
U.S. Rep. McClintock gave the following floor speech on March 17, 2009.
I have been asked to present more than 6,000 postcards generated by the Armstrong and Getty radio show to protest policies that can best be described by the new bumper sticker, “Honk if you’re paying my mortgage,” [...]

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