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March 13, 2024
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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-05) delivered the following remarks on the House floor. Mr. Speaker: Do we really want to give the President the power to declare “foreign adversaries” and then require a communications platform within them to be banned or sold to a government-approved owner? If there are data privacy concerns, we should warn consumers and trust them to make their own decisions. If there are propaganda concerns, we should defend the free and open debate that our First Amendment protects, confident that the best way to judge truth from lies is to put the two side by side and trust the people to know the difference. The last thing we should do is take that power AWAY from the people and give it to the government. The answer to authoritarianism is NOT more authoritarianism. The answer to CCP-style propaganda is NOT CCP-style oppression. Let us SLOW down before we BLUNDER down this very steep and slippery slope.
February 29, 2024
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H.R. 7335 by Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-05) passed the House Judiciary Committee today. The Transparency in National Security Threats Act (H.R. 7335) requires the Attorney General in conjunction with the DHS Secretary to provide information regarding watch listed aliens encountered by DHS. It also requires that the administration make public each month the number of illegal aliens encountered at the border from each foreign country. This information is currently unavailable to the American public.
Issues:Illegal Immigration - Border CrisisJudiciary Committee
February 6, 2024
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-05) delivered the following remarks on the House floor. Mr. Speaker: Secretary Mayorkas is guilty of maladministration of our immigration laws on a cosmic scale. But we KNOW that’s not grounds for impeachment, because the American Founders specifically rejected it. They didn’t want political disputes to become impeachments, because that would shatter the separation of powers that vests the enforcement of the laws with the President – no matter how bad a job he does. Cabinet secretaries can’t serve two masters.  They can be impeached for committing a crime relating to their office, but not for carrying out presidential policy. The border crisis can’t be fixed by replacing one left-wing official with another.  It can only be fixed by the American people at the ballot box by replacing this administration with one committed to securing our borders, defending our country, and upholding the rule of law.  Americans are already coming to that conclusion. And I’m afraid that stunts like this don’t help.
February 6, 2024
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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-05) released the following memo on the case against the impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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January 31, 2024
Washington, D.C. – H.R. 6678 and H.R. 6679 by Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-05) passed the House floor today. The “Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act” (H.R. 6678) and the “No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act” (H.R. 6679) will next go to the Senate.
January 19, 2024
Washington, D.C. – HR 6678 and HR 6679 by Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-05) passed the House Judiciary Committee on January 18th. The "Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act" (HR 6678) and the "No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act" (HR 6679) will next go to the House floor.
January 11, 2024
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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing today on "The Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services.” Subcommittee Chairman McClintock delivered the following opening statement at the hearing: The day he took office, Joe Biden issued executive orders that opened our borders to the world and began the largest illegal mass migration in recorded history. Since that day, his administration has deliberately released into the country over 3.3 million illegal aliens, a population the size of the state of Iowa. And while the border patrol was overwhelmed changing diapers and taking names, an additional 1.7 million known got-aways have entered as well – an additional illegal population the size of West Virginia.
Issues:Illegal Immigration - Border CrisisJudiciary Committee
December 29, 2023
Current Issues
With many pressing issues facing our country, I wanted to provide you with a legislative update on everything I’m working on here in Congress.
December 14, 2023
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The ancient Greeks would have appreciated the irony of this story. Kevin McCarthy spent his life preparing for the job that he held for just 269 days. For decades, he devoted all of his energies and skills to build one of the most formidable political organizations of our time that ultimately took back the House. In those 269 days as Speaker, despite the most slender of majorities and with Democrats controlling the Senate and White House: He cut $2 trillion of spending over the next decade. He forestalled the hiring of an army of IRS agents. He curtailed the woke policies plaguing our armed forces. He averted a government shutdown in a dangerous world. He reopened the Capitol to the American people. He launched historic investigations into government corruption. And he produced the strongest border security measure in a century and landmark legislation to restore American energy independence.
December 13, 2023
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Mr. Speaker: Short of declaring war, impeachment is the most serious act Congress can take. It must be confined to the narrow grounds established by the Constitution and never used to settle political differences. But the Democrats would have us turn a blind eye to mounting evidence of a family influence peddling scheme that implicates the President. This we cannot do. We owe it to the country to get to the bottom of these allegations and that requires the House to objectively invoke its full investigatory powers, respect the due process rights of those involved, and lay ALL the facts before the American people. Last session, Democrats made a mockery of impeachment and we cannot allow them to become our teachers. Shrill voices should be kept far from this inquiry lest they undermine its legitimacy and credibility. Congress has an obligation to approach serious accusations seriously. With this vote, we do so.