Government Regulation

September 8, 2016

When we talk of PILT funding, we should never lose sight of the fact that it is a very, very poor substitute for revenues generated locally by healthy economic activity. Our ultimate objective should be not to institutionalize PILT funding, but to restore a healthy balance between federal land ownership and productive private ownership of the lands within each county in the nation.

Issues:CaliforniaFiscal and EconomicGovernment Regulation

The Growing Federal Footprint

September 7, 2016

Speeches

I want to thank Congressman Gohmert for organizing this discussion of federal lands policy, and to highlight the Federal Footprint Map at Naturalresources.house.gov/federalfootprint. Or just google Federal Footprint. When you do, you’ll have a complete picture of how much land the federal government owns and how much of your state and your community is affected. And it may surprise you.

Issues:Natural Resources CommitteeLocal IssuesFiscal and EconomicGovernment RegulationCalifornia

Natural Resources Committee Oversight Field Hearing: “Improving Federal Land Management and Use to Better Serve Las Vegas Valley Communities”

July 26, 2016

Speeches

Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock
House Committee on Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Federal Lands

Oversight Field Hearing: “Improving Federal Land Management and Use to Better Serve Las Vegas Valley Communities”

July 26, 2016

Issues:Government RegulationNatural Resources Committee

S. 764 - GMO Food Labelling: YES

July 14, 2016

Vote Notes on Legislation

Mankind has genetically modified crops and livestock since the dawn of recorded history (it’s called cross-breeding, and it gives us seedless grapes and sweeter corn). A movement has recently emerged that contends – despite every scrap of available scientific evidence – that genetic modifications are dangerous and demands that all foods be labeled as to their genetic modifications.

Issues:Government Regulation

House Rules, Or Rules for Radicals?

July 5, 2016

Speeches

House Rules, Or Rules for Radicals?
Congressman Tom McClintock
House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
July 5, 2016

Mr. Speaker:

Issues:Government Regulation

HR 2576 - Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act: No

May 24, 2016

Vote Notes on Legislation

This is a well-intentioned bill that accomplishes the opposite of what it is designed to do. Its purpose is to expedite and standardize the evaluation of toxic chemicals. Instead, it grants sweeping new powers to the EPA...

Issues:Government Regulation

Federal Lands Subcomittee Hearing - Discussion Draft of the “Locally-elected Officials Cooperating with Agencies in Land Management Act” (LOCAL Management Act)

April 28, 2016

Speeches

Today the Subcommittee on Federal Lands meets to consider draft legislation to require federal land use agencies to more closely consult and cooperate with local governments that are directly affected by their decisions. The three overarching objectives of this subcommittee bear repeating: to restore public access to the public lands; to restore proper management to the public lands and to restore the federal government as a good neighbor to the communities directly affected by the public lands

Issues:CaliforniaGovernment RegulationLocal IssuesNatural Resources Committee

Restoring the Purse Strings

April 15, 2016

Speeches

The House Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House met on April 14, 2016 to discuss "Proposed Reforms to Rule XXI and the Modern Authorization and Appropriations Process." The Congressman delivered the following remarks and previously released a memo on four proposed budget process reforms to r

Issues:Fiscal and EconomicGovernment Regulation

House Amendment 1 to HR 2029 – Omnibus Spending Act: NO

December 18, 2015

Vote Notes on Legislation

House Amendment 1 to HR 2029 – Omnibus Spending Act: NO. This is the 2,000-plus page $1.15 trillion spending act to fund the government through September 30, 2016. A bill of this complexity always has good and bad provisions, and the question comes down to whether in balance it moves the government in the right direction.

Issues:Fiscal and EconomicGovernment Regulation

H.R. 511 Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act

November 17, 2015

Speeches

Congressman McClintock delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 511 the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act:

H.R. 511 Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act
November 17, 2015

Mr. Speaker:

There is no need today to catalog the litany of promises made and broken by this government to the American Indian Nations.

Issues:Government Regulation

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