Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom McClintock today announced the award of $4 million in competitive grants to a pair of recipients in the Fourth Congressional District to research, develop and demonstrate cutting-edge geothermal technologies. The Congressional office worked with the Modoc Contracting Company of Canby to win a $2 million Department of Energy award that will help demonstrate the use of cascading technology in tapping the energy potential of geothermal fluids. The Oski Energy firm of Susanville also received a $2 million award to test innovative power cycle technology.
Congressman Tom McClintock today announced that five communities in the 4th Congressional District succeeded in qualifying for Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants. The DFC supports over 700 community coalitions across the United States and provides funding to identify and respond to local substance abuse problems.
"The applicants in our district won these grants the old fashioned way: they earned them on their merits,” said Congressman McClintock.
Congressman Tom McClintock made the following statement to the Regional U.S. Forest Service Management Roundtable hosted by Congressman Wally Herger in Sacramento on Wednesday, August 25th:
I want to thank my friend and colleague, Congressman Herger, for organizing this meeting and for his invitation to participate in it.
There are four general subjects that my constituents have brought to my attention that I feel are important to raise in this forum.
Statement by Representative Tom McClintock on the Proposition 8 Ruling: Judge Walker’s opinion that traditional marriage is an affront to the Bill of Rights would no doubt have come as a surprise to the American Founders – and to more than two centuries of American jurisprudence affirming that institution. Fortunately, the architects of our Constitution recognized the damage that feeble reasoning can do from the bench and provided a multitude of checks and balances – starting with the appellate process – which I am confident will now be brought into play.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Tom McClintock (CA – 04), Ranking Member of the House Water and Power Subcommittee, today made the following opening statement at a hearing about low-impact hydropower:
Representative Tom McClintock (R - CA) made the following opening statement at the House Water and Power Subcommittee hearing on the Bureau of Reclamation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Testifying at the hearing was the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Michael Connor.
Opening Statement
Water and Power Sub-Committee
July 15, 2010
Washington, D.C. – Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) has recruited 17 members of the House of Representatives to become party to an amicus brief in support of Arizona’s new immigration law. The brief has been filed by the Washington Legal Foundation in support of Arizona in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.
WASHINGTON D.C. – During a full committee markup of the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) in the Natural Resources Committee Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) introduced an amendment to strike section 238 of the legislation.
Representative McClintock’s Statement on the Amendment to HR 3534 is attached below:
Statement on Amendment to HR 3534
House Natural Resources Committee
July 14, 2010
Mr. Chairman:
Sunday, July 4, 2010
9:00 AM
Lincoln Independence Day Parade
5th and F Street, Lincoln
Noon
Pollock Pines 4th of July Parade
Sly Park Road and Pony Express Trail, Pollock Pines
2:00 PM
Nevada City Parade
Historic Downtown Nevada City
7:00 PM
Auburn Area, Lions Club 4th of July Parade
Lincoln Way and High Streets, Auburn