Speeches
Redeeming an Island Paradise
Remarks by Congressman Tom McClintock
House Natural Resources Committee
April 13, 2016
Duffy Amendment to H.R. 3442
February 11, 2016
Mr. Speaker:
The law that established the Treasury Department instructs it to manage the revenue and support the public credit. This includes prioritizing payments to assure the national debt is always honored, as the Constitution commands. Without this, a stalemate on the debt limit could endanger the nation’s credit.
Congressman McClintock participated in a Financial Services Committee hearing held to examine "Unsustainable Federal Spending and the Debt Limit." The Congressman is the author of H.R. 692, the Default Prevention Act. The Congressman's default prevention legislation passed the House of Representatives on October 21, 2015. In the remarks delivered at the Financial Services hearing the Congressman discussed debt and the nation's credit:
Congressman McClintock was the guest speaker at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce's Installation and Awards Dinner on January 15, 2016. The Congressman delivered the following remarks on the intersection of free markets, commerce and industry:
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
Auburn, California
January 15, 2016
February 22, 2016
The attached letter to the editor from Congressman McClintock has been submitted to the Sacramento Bee:
Matt Weiser grossly misrepresents both Republican federal lands policy and my leadership of the House subcommittee that oversees it.
Our committee seeks to restore responsible stewardship of our national forests and protect the public’s right to enjoy the public’s lands.
Congressman McClintock is the Chairman of the Federal Lands Subcommittee. The subcommittee held an oversight field hearing in St. George, Utah, on January 22, 2016 titled“Ensuring Local Input, Legal Consistency and Multiple-Use Resource Management in St. George Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Planning.” Congressman McClintock delivered the following opening statement at the hearing:
Opening Statement of Chairman Tom McClintock
House Committee on Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Federal Lands
Congressman McClintock testified at a hearing of the House Rules Committee on January 16th, 2016 about the beneficial aspects of annual versus biennial budget bills. The Congressman serves on the House Budget Committee, which has begun a comprehensive review of the budget process.
Congressman Tom McClintock
Testimony to House Rules Committee
January 6, 2016
Mr. Chairman:
Congressman McClintock is the Chairman of the Federal Lands Subcommittee. The subcommittee held a legislative hearing on draft legislation for the "National Park Service Centennial Act" (authored by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop). The Park Service will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2016, and the legislation addresses the second century of the National Park Service. Witnesses at the hearing included Jonathan Jarvis, Director, National Park Service.
Congressman McClintock delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 511 the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act:
H.R. 511 Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act
November 17, 2015
Mr. Speaker:
There is no need today to catalog the litany of promises made and broken by this government to the American Indian Nations.
Veterans Day 2015
In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln defined the two days our nation would later set aside to honor those who protect us. In one passage, he speaks of "those who here gave their lives that that nation might live." We set aside Memorial Day in May to honor and mourn them.
In another passage, he speaks of "the brave men, living AND dead, who struggled here," for whom we set aside this day, the eleventh day of the eleventh month.