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July 26, 2017

Mr. Speaker: I want to begin by saluting the more than 5,000 firefighters from 40 cooperating agencies that assembled under the coordination of CALFIRE to battle the Detwiler fire that threatened Yosemite Valley and its gateway communities

Issues:Forest FireLocal Issues

Response to Amendment 5 Anti-Poverty Programs - Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 - House Budget Committee

July 19, 2017

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Since 1964, we have tried to end poverty the Democrats’ way. According to the Heritage Foundation, we have spent $22 trillion fighting the war on poverty as a result. Adjusted for inflation, this is three times more than all the military wars we have ever fought – combined. Put another way, that is $176,000 taken from the lifetime earnings of every family in America over those 50 years.

Issues:Fiscal and Economic

Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 - House Budget Committee

July 19, 2017

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On our current trajectory, the CBO warns that just four fiscal years from now – in 2022 – our annual deficits will surpass a trillion dollars. That’s where economists warn we run the risk of damage or even loss of our access to credit – a sovereign debt crisis.

Issues:Fiscal and Economic

BRAC Amendment to the NDAA

July 12, 2017

Speeches

Our current defense spending is about where it was at the peak of the Reagan defense buildup after adjusting for inflation. It is about the same as the next eight most powerful military forces on the planet COMBINED – and six of those eight are already our allies. The President has proposed adding $54 billion to this. That’s the equivalent of adding more than the entire military establishment of Great Britain.

Issues:Government Regulation

Remarks in Support of The Grow Act (H.R. 23)

July 12, 2017

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In California, five years of historic drought caused billions of dollars of damage to our economy, destroyed tens of thousands of jobs and brought many communities within just months of literally running out of water – all because we couldn’t store water from the wet years to assure plenty in the drought years.

Issues:California Water Crisis

Kate’s Law

June 29, 2017

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Kate’s Law, the bill this rule brings to the floor, is very personal to the people in my district because of two other names. On October 24, 2014, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer County Detective Michael Davis were brutally gunned down in one of the most cold-blooded rampages in the history of either county.

Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act Passes House

June 22, 2017

Speeches

Legislation authored by Congressman McClintock, H.R. 1654, passed the House on June 22, 2017. The legislation next goes to the Senate.

Issues:California Water Crisis

H.R. 1873 – Hazard Tree Removal

June 21, 2017

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The bureaucratic tangle caused by our so-called environmental laws has reached the point that even dead trees on public lands that threaten to fall on powerlines and cause major forest fires cannot be removed without permission from federal bureaucrats.

Issues:Forest Fire

Introductory Remarks at Jackson Town Hall

June 19, 2017

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Remarks by Congressman Tom McClintock
Town Hall Meeting
Jackson, California
June 19, 2017

I want to thank you all for coming this evening.

Last week, a terrible event occurred in Alexandria, and I believe it is a warning of the road our society has taken recently. This is not a reflection on the political motivations of the assailant. We all know there is a lunatic fringe on both sides of the political spectrum, and the next attack could just as easily come from one side as the other.

Issues:Local Issues

Chairman’s Opening Statement - Subcommittee on Federal Lands

June 15, 2017

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Congressman McClintock is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. The subcommittee held a legislative hearing on June 15, 2017 on draft legislation of the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (Rep. Westerman). Congressman McClintock delivered the following opening statement:

Chairman's Opening Statement
Subcommittee on Federal Lands
House Natural Resources Committee
June 15, 2017

Issues:Forest FireNatural Resources Committee

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