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- May 9, 2012:
The Export-Import Boondoggle
- The Export-Import Bank dragoons American taxpayers into subsidizing loans to foreign companies, making it cheaper for them to buy products from politically-favored American companies which in turn use those products to compete against less-favored American companies. …More
- May 8, 2012:
Amendment to Defund the Economic Development Administration
- Here is an appropriations bill originating in this House that still has outrageously wasteful and indefensible spending. Perhaps the flagship of this folly is the $182 million in unauthorized - there's that word again: unauthorized - spending for the Economic Development Administration. This is solely and simply a slush fund that gives away money for the most dubious of local projects. …More
- May 8, 2012:
Amendment to Cut Unauthorized Appropriations to the International Trade Administration
- This amendment cuts more than a quarter billion dollars of unauthorized appropriations from the International Trade Administration. What does it do, exactly? The ITA has some legitimate functions enforcing trade agreements and treaties. This amendment leaves these functions untouched. But it also - to quote from its own material - provides counseling to American companies in order to develop the most profitable and sustainable plans for pricing, export, and the full range of public and private trade promotion assistance... as well as market intelligence, and industry and market specific research." That's well and good, but Mme. Chairman, isn't that what businesses, trade associations and the Chamber of Commerce are supposed to do with their own money?
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- April 27, 2012:
A Truly Orwellian Measure
- Under the Fourth Amendment, if the Government wants to snoop through a person's email, it must first convince a judge that there is probable cause to believe that person has committed a crime and it must specify the documents it believes are relevant to that charge. Yesterday the House passed a measure that makes a mockery of this cherished protection. …More
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Press Releases
- April 17, 2012:
Congressman McClintock to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Pollock Pines
- The town hall meeting will be held at the Pollock Pines-Camino Community Center, 2675 Sanders Drive, Pollock Pines. The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM. …More
- April 5, 2012:
Town Hall Meeting in Foresthill
- Congressman McClintock will hold a town hall meeting in Foresthill on Wednesday, April 11th. The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM and will be held at the Foresthill Veterans Memorial Hall, 24601 Harrison Street, Foresthill. …More
- February 22, 2012:
Response San Francisco Chronicle
- I have submitted a shorter letter responding to the Chronicle's front-page article by Carolyn Lochhead ("Central Valley reps bill would upend water rights," February 17, 2012), but believe the inaccuracies and omissions in it are so stark that it deserves a more detailed reply.
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Columns
- August 19, 2011:
Cruise Control Act of 2011
- Federal spending has ballooned 28 percent during the Obama Presidency while the government has amassed more debt than it acquired from the first day... …More
- July 28, 2011:
Debt Crisis
- Column, Washington Times: Imagine a family that earns $50,000 a year but is spending more than $88,000 with a credit card balance of $330,000. The... …More
- November 10, 2010:
Rebuilding the House
- By Congressman Tom McClintock More than a year ago, Pollster Frank Luntz stood before a group of about 40 House Republicans in a cramped conference room. ... …More
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