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February 4, 2014

HR 3188, the Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act, will provide for the expediated salvage of timber killed by the Yosemite Rim Fire in the summer of 2013.

January 29, 2014
Congressman Tom McClintock voted No on HR 2642 today and issued the following statement: This bill spends nearly a trillion dollars over the next decade (roughly $8,000 per family) to continue massive subsidies to agribusiness and to...
January 15, 2014
The House is scheduled to take up the omnibus appropriations bill for 2014, and I rise this morning to outline my objections to the measure.
December 12, 2013
The great irony of the Republican decision to bust the budget sequester is that barely two months ago, congressional roles were reversed.
November 15, 2013
HR 3350 - Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013: YES. It is important not to over-promise on this measure. It will not get back the five million health insurance policies that have already been cancelled due to Obamacare.
Issues:Healthcare
October 16, 2013
House Republicans have fought to protect the American people from the negative effects that Obamacare is already having on the accessibility, affordability and quality of American health care. Senate Democrats, backed by the President, refused to resolve the differences between the two houses through the process of negotiation and compromise that is essential to any bicameral legislative system. As a result, the system seized up and produced a prolonged stalemate, a partial government shutdown and a looming debt crisis.
September 26, 2013
Congressman Tom McClintock today introduced HR 3188, the Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act. The measure provides for the expedited salvage of fire-killed timber in the Stanislaus National Forest and the Yosemite National Park by waiving environmental regulations and litigation that often delay salvage operations until the timber becomes worthless.
September 20, 2013
"This measure has taken on poignant and crucial importance to my district in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, where the Yosemite Rim fire has burned through hundreds of square miles of forest land," remarked Congressman McClintock. "Salvaging the timber will provide for an economic lifeline to communities already devastated by this fire as local mills can be brought to full employment salvaging the timber."
August 27, 2013
I am deeply concerned about reports that the President is preparing to order acts of war against the government of Syria without congressional authorization. The Constitution clearly and unmistakably vests Congress with the sole prerogative "to declare war." The President's authority as Commander-in-Chief to order a military attack on a foreign government is implicitly limited by the Constitution
August 2, 2013
The forum will be held Tuesday, August 6, 2:00 pm at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Sierra Building, 220 Southgate Drive, Sonora.
Issues:Local Issues