Foreign Affairs - International
July 26, 2022
Under the pretense of combating human smuggling, this bill hands out $1.1 billion to bloated foreign aid programs, resume workshops for noncitizens and other unaccountable grants to community groups and local governments. It utterly ignores the human trafficking crisis unfolding on the southern border as crime cartels smuggle record numbers of unaccompanied minors into the country, which the Biden administration then traffics to a community near you with the help of your tax dollars.
July 19, 2022
H.Res. 1130 – Beware of Foreign Entanglements: No. This measure supports the admission of Sweden and Finland into NATO. The North Atlantic Treaty requires the United States to come to the military defense of any member nation that is attacked. Every country admitted to NATO expands the risk of the United States being entangled in a European war, requiring the blood and treasure of the entire nation to support. In return, what does America get? The strength of the mighty Finnish and Swedish armies? If American interests are threatened, we always have the option of becoming involved. This measure would change the option into an obligation. I believe the admission of former Warsaw Pact nations into NATO has had a demonstrable destabilizing influence in Europe. Adding formerly neutral countries, as this measure proposes, would add still more trip-wires that could embroil America in a European war at a time when America’s greatest international threats are outside of Europe.
February 25, 2022
Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine is an affront to all humanity and a direct threat to the freedom and security of Europe. The bravery of Ukrainians from all walks of life stepping into mortal peril to defend their families, their country and, above all, their liberty, is an inspiration and exemplar for all people in all lands in all times. Putin feels unconstrained by civilized norms and international law. His territorial ambition will not be satiated with Ukraine but will continue until it becomes a security issue for the United States. Europe needs to mobilize militarily and cut off all commerce with Russia. Yet so far, the European nations have balked even at removing Russia from the SWIFT banking system because it would damage their economies, even while decimating Russia’s. What can the United States do?
November 9, 2021
President Biden hasn’t mentioned Afghanistan since he turned the phased, conditional withdrawal under Trump into an unconditional surrender to the Taliban. Nor has he yet found the time to see the chaos his policies have produced by collapsing our southern border.
January 30, 2020
(Washington, D.C) Congressman McClintock (R-CA) delivered the attached remarks today in opposition to amendments to H.R. 550:
In Opposition to Amendments on Iran and Iraq
H.R. 550
Congressman Tom McClintock
January 30, 2020
Mr.
January 28, 2020
In 2016, President Obama sent $1.7 billion of untraceable cash on cargo pallets to the regime in Iran...
January 9, 2020
President Trump needed no other reason to order the attack that killed Soleimani IN IRAQ beyond the simple fact that he was acting as an enemy combatant against U.S. forces in a war zone in which the Congress had authorized the President to take military action.
July 15, 2015
Congressman McClintock delivered the following remarks on the House floor on July 15th, 2015 regarding the President's agreement with Iran on nuclear issues:
A Breathtakingly Dangerous Act
July 15, 2015
Mr. Speaker:
I don't know how adequately to express my alarm and outrage at the President's agreement with Iran.