Speeches

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing today on the FY 2011 Administration Budget Request for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The attached remarks are by Representative Tom McClintock:

I’d like to express my concern from the outset that the Bureau of Reclamation is quickly becoming the Bureau of Water Shortage and Dam Destruction. The budget before us today is symbolic of that transformation.

Remarks by Representative Tom McClintock, Washington, D.C., February 24, 2010.

A generation ago, the principal objective of our water and power policy was to create an abundance of both. It was an era when vast reservoirs and hydro-electric facilities produced a cornucopia of clean and plentiful water and electricity on a scale so vast that many communities didn’t even bother to meter.

House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
February 23, 2010

Mr. Speaker:

It pains me to rise in opposition to the valedictory measure of the gentleman from Hawaii, but I believe this bill strikes at the very foundation of a nation dedicated to equality under law. It establishes a different set of laws, a different set of rights and a different government for one group of Americans based solely on their race.

House Chamber, Washington D.C.
February 23, 2010

M. Speaker:

Two weeks ago, Congress and the President added $1.9 trillion to the national debt limit. That translates to more than $6,000 of additional debt for every man, woman and child in the country – more than $24,000 for an average family of four.

Your family is required to repay that debt through future taxes just as surely as if it appeared on your credit card statement.

The Legitimacy of our Government Depends on the Legitimacy of the Vote

Deficits Made in California Should Stay in California

Schwarzenegger’s Folly, House Chamber, Washington, D.C., January 12, 2010. Mr. Speaker:

California’s governor is seeking billions of dollars of additional federal aid to fill his ever-widening budget deficits.

Last April, he imposed the biggest tax increase by any state in American history, despite repeated warnings of the damage it would do to the state’s economy. California already had the highest sales and income taxes in the nation – he increased both.

House Chamber, Washington, D.C., December 15, 2009, M. Speaker: I rise to applaud the passage today of HR 2194, the Iranian Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009.

Iran's regime has consistently lied to the world over its nuclear ambitions. Yesterday's revelation that Iran has been working on nuclear bomb detonators, should convince the most naïve voices in our nation of Iran's ultimate intention.