Press Releases
September 20, 2023
Washington, D.C. – H.R. 934 by Rep. Tom McClintock passed the House Natural Resources Committee today by a voice vote. The legislation requires the U.S. Forest Service to aggressively attack fires when they are first detected in forests that pose a severe fire hazard. McClintock first introduced this legislation after the disastrous Tamarack fire that was allowed to burn for 12 days before it exploded out of control and destroyed 70,000 acres of forestland in Alpine County in 2021. “It is dangerous nonsense to “monitor” incipient fires in today’s forest tinderbox, even if they seem to pose no immediate danger,” McClintock told the committee. “No person in his right mind would “monitor” a rattlesnake curled up in his bedroom because it isn’t doing much of anything. He would kill it before it does.”
June 13, 2023
Washington, D.C. – The Proven Forest Management Act, H.R. 188, has passed the House Natural Resources Committee and will next go to the House Floor.
H.R. 188 expands throughout the entire National Forest System the categorical exclusion for forest management projects that was secured for the Tahoe Basin in the 2016 WINN Act.
May 11, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Representative McClintock (CA-05) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of HR 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023. The legislation passed the House today and now goes to the Senate. Representative McClintock is a co-author of the legislation.
April 28, 2023
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) joined Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark) and U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and John Garamendi (D-CA) along with nearly 50 others in re-introducing the Save Our Sequoias (SOS) Act.
April 19, 2023
H.R. 2640 will increase border security.
Washington, D.C. – H.R. 2640 passed the House Judiciary Committee today by a vote of 23 to 15. The Border Security and Enforcement Act is a comprehensive measure addressing illegal immigration and border security.
March 31, 2023
Congressman Tom McClintock today issued the following statement on the indictment of President Donald Trump:
February 8, 2023
WASHINGTON – A broad bi-partisan coalition of 165 house members joined Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-05) today to announce the introduction of House Resolution 100, voicing support for the Iranian Resistance Council’s ten-point plan for a democratic, secular and non-nuclear Republic of Iran.
January 27, 2023
Representative Tom McClintock, CA-05, has been named Chairman of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee in the 118th Congress. McClintock served as Ranking Member of the subcommittee in the previous Congress, earning a reputation as a fighter for border security and legal immigration.
January 12, 2023
California Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-05) introduced several bills at the start of the 118th Congress.
December 5, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Colonel Clarence (Bud) E. Anderson of Auburn, California, received an honorary promotion to the grade of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. General Anderson was decorated 25 times during his 30-year military service including two Legions of Merit, Bronze Star, five Distinguished Flying Crosses, the French Legion of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre and is WWII ‘Triple ACE’ fighter pilot. General Anderson flew 116 combat missions with the 357th Fighter Group when he destroyed more than 16 enemy aircrafts in aerial combat over Europe. He also served in combat in the Vietnam War, where he commanded the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing. General Anderson is well regarded as a test pilot, member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for American Fighter ACE’s. Despite retiring from the Air Force in 1972, General Anderson has remained devoted to aviation, has become a published author, and is a sought-out guest speaker.
Earlier this year, Congressmen Tom McClintock and Doug LaMalfa asked the Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, to consider this promotion. General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, presided over the Honorary Promotion Ceremony on Friday at the Aerospace Museum of California in Sacramento, California.