Newsroom
Latest News
February 28, 2013
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire offers us a sobering warning of a great a nation that became over-extended and war-weary abroad, while it became utterly profligate and decadent at home. Its economy in shambles and its treasury bankrupt, the mightiest military power on Earth finally fell easy prey for backward hordes that had previously existed only beyond the fringe of civilization. Three years ago, Admiral Mike Mullen sounded the alarm for our nation with this chilling warning: "Our national debt is our biggest national security threat."
Issues:Fiscal and Economic
February 27, 2013
Water - particularly in California - has become such a complicated tangle of competing interests and ideological agendas that I think we have lost sight of some self-evident truths. Self-Evident Truth #1: More water is better than less water.
February 18, 2013
Placer County Navy League
Auburn, California
February 18, 2013
When I visited you a year and a half ago, I spoke of four significant threats to our nation’s defense, the biggest of which was collapse of the finances of the United States Government, which would make it impossible for us to respond to a foreign enemy.
In the time since then, that danger has not only not abated, but it has increased – and increased dramatically.
February 7, 2013
Congressman McClintock will hold a town hall meeting in Amador County on Wednesday, February 20th at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the Amador County Supervisor's Board Room, 810 Court Street, Jackson.
Issues:Local Issues
January 23, 2013
Mr. Speaker: The House is poised to pass HR 325. I respect the sincerity of its supporters, but I must firmly dissent. This bill accommodates spending at ruinous levels far beyond the limits set by the House budget. It sets a terrible precedent by abolishing the debt limit for nearly four months, giving an unlimited credit card to this administration.
Issues:Fiscal and Economic
January 23, 2013
Mr. Speaker: The House is poised to pass HR 325. I respect the sincerity of its supporters, but I must firmly dissent. This bill accommodates spending at ruinous levels far beyond the limits set by the House budget. It sets a terrible precedent by abolishing the debt limit for nearly four months, giving an unlimited credit card to this administration.
Issues:Fiscal and Economic
January 18, 2013
Congressman Tom McClintock will hold a town hall meeting in Rocklin on January 29th, 2013. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and will be held in the Rocklin Event Center, 2650 Sunset Blvd, Rocklin.
January 18, 2013
Congressman Tom McClintock will hold a town hall meeting in Sonora on January 30th, 2013. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Board of Supervisors Chamber, 2 South Green St, Sonora.
January 16, 2013
Americans have always reached out to those in need, and the devastation suffered by victims of Hurricane Sandy requires the federal government's assistance to make the repairs required by storm damage. Disasters that overwhelm local and state resources have always been shared by the nation and that's as it should be.
January 15, 2013
This rule brings us a spending package of more than $50 billion that is supposed to be for emergency repairs in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. That averages $450 from every household in America. $450. These families have a right to expect that this money is being used for genuine emergency relief. But it's not.