Press Releases
September 10, 2009. Thank you Mr. Chairman. First of all, I want to say what a delight it has been to work with Chairwoman Napolitano, who has given all of these bills a fair, balanced and complete hearing.
We have six Water and Power subcommittee bills before us today. They are bi-partisan and well intentioned and seek to stretch scarce water supplies throughout the Southwest. But I do have some serious concerns that need to be addressed in the near future.
IMPORTANT NOTE: CAMERON PARK TOWN HALL HAS BEEN MOVED DUE TO ANTICIPATED CROWD SIZE.
Now held at Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs 3661 Ponderosa Road, 4:30 p.m September 5.
Representative McClintock Announces Town Hall Meetings
Sept. 1, 6:00 pm
Granite Bay/Roseville
Granite Bay High School Gym
1 Grizzly Way
Sept 3rd 5:00 pm
Susanville
Jensen Hall, Lassen County Fair Grounds
Sept. 4, 6:00 pm
Grass Valley
Veterans Hall, 255 S. Auburn St
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom McClintock has selected Claire Mars of Alta Sierra, California as his nominee to the 2009 Fall Congressional Page Program. Mars, a sixteen year old junior at William & Marian Ghidotti High School, will serve as a page in the U.S .House of Representatives for the fall semester which runs from late August 2009 through January 2010.
“I’m very excited to be selected as a Congressional page,” Mars said. “I hope to learn a lot more about how the Congress works, and meet new friends from all around the nation.”
July 15, 2009. Mr. Chairman: As we begin deliberations on this measure, we need to be mindful that the law of unintended consequences is beyond the jurisdiction of the Congress, and needs to be considered carefully.
This proposal affects the lives of every American, and ought to be approached with a high degree of humility and caution.
As imperfect as the current system is, it is well within our power to make it a great deal worse.
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.
I had a strange sense of Deja Vu as I watched the self-congratulatory rhetoric on the house floor tonight, and I feel compelled to offer this warning from the Left Coast.
Three years ago, I stood on the floor of the California Senate and watched a similar celebration over a similar bill, AB 32. And I have spent the last three years watching as that law has dangerously deepened California’s recession. It uses a different mechanism than Cap and Trade, but the objective is the same: to force a dramatic reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
Congressman Tom McClintock has been chosen by Republican Leader John Boehner to select a Congressional Page for the Fall 2009 program.Applicants must be juniors or seniors in high school, and must be at least 16 years of age at the time employment begins, but may not have reached the age of 18 during any point of the term. Applicants must also have a cumulative grade point average of “B” (3.0) or higher in the following subjects: English, foreign language, mathematics, science, and social studies (excluding electives) with official supporting transcript documentation required.
Editor; Roseville Press Tribune:
The Roseville Press Tribune recently published an article by Jon Brines that quotes a local official accusing me of hypocrisy for proposing critically needed highway projects in the district for inclusion in the annual transportation authorization bill after taking a strong stand against “earmarks.”
The practice I have strongly condemned and am fighting to stop in Congress is the insertion of appropriations without public vetting or competition and that typically directs those funds to specific recipients.
Today's closure of the Camino mill is one more blow to hard-working middle class Californians. At a time when government is spending unprecedented amounts of money it doesn't have and taking over industry after industry, private sector jobs are disappearing. Camino now joins Quincy and Sonora as mountain towns that have each lost 150 direct and 350 indirect jobs due to litigation over forest thinning operations. As the sawmills disappear, the threat of catastrophic wild fires grows stronger.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. June 10, 2009. M Speaker:
I rise today to honor Deputy Shawn Webb of the Plumas County Sheriff’s Department.
The entire Sheriff’s Department, joined by the people of Plumas County, are rallying behind this remarkable young man and his family as he battles a difficult illness.
You don’t see this kind of outpouring very often these days. It’s a testament to the impact that Deputy Shawn Webb has had on his Department and his community.