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Opening Statement
Congressman Tom McClintock
House Water and Power Sub-Committee
February 4, 2010.
Last week, Republicans held a listening forum in Fresno to hear directly from the people of California’s Central Valley who have been devastated by the federal government’s willful decision to turn off their water to indulge the environmental left’s pet causes.
The Agony of the Central Valley
House Chamber, Washington D.C.
January 26, 2010
Madam Speaker:
For many months, the Republicans on the Water and Power Sub-Committee of the House Natural Resources Committee have implored the majority Democrats to hold a hearing in the Central Valley of California to see and hear for themselves the damage that the federal government has caused by diverting 200 billion gallons of water away from Central Valley farms in order to indulge the environmental Left’s pet cause, the Delta Smelt.
July 21, 2009. House Chamber, Washington, D.C. M. Speaker: 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 be so firmly in control of our national policy on public lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today named Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04) as the new Ranking Member of the Water and Power Subcommittee. McClintock will take over the position from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) who was recently selected to serve as Ranking Member of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee on the Education and Labor Committee.
Longworth House Office Building. March 31, 2009. M. Chairman: On behalf of my constituents I want to thank the committee for holding a hearing today on California's water crisis.
I think we need to be very clear that although the drought is a catalyst, the underlying problem is not an act of God but rather acts of government.
It has been estimated that roughly half of California's current water supply is consumed to meet various environmental regulations, most of which began in this very room.
House Chamber, Washington D.C. March 25, 2009. M. Chairman: I certainly support HR 1404, which would allow some flexibility in managing firefighting costs on our federal lands.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. March 25, 2009 M. Speaker: Abraham Lincoln once told of a farmer who said, "I ain't greedy for land – all I want is what's next to mine."
Our federal government is starting to resemble that farmer. HR 146 is a massive land grab that would literally put more land into wilderness designation than we have actually developed. That pretty much means no human activities other than walking through it – as long as you don't touch anything.
Congressman Tom McClintock Appointed to Resources Committee and Education & Labor Committee
Congressman Tom McClintock achieved a key goal today and announced he has been appointed as a member of the House Natural Resources Committee.