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House Chamber, Washington, D.C. January 18, 2011.
M. Speaker:
The central promises of Obamacare were that it would bend health costs down and wouldn’t threaten existing plans.
We now know that both these claims were false.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. January 12, 2011. M. Speaker:
I haven’t gotten to know Gabrielle Giffords yet, and I thank God that by His grace, I haven’t lost the chance to do so.
I didn’t know those Americans who came to speak with her that day.
“I am stunned and shocked by the horrific crime committed in Tucson this morning, and my heart goes out to the victims of this brutal act and to their families. My prayers join those of every good American for the full recovery of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and we are all heartened by the optimism of her surgeons.
Letter from Congressman Tom McClintock to USDA Forest Chief Thomas Tidwell regarding the Plumas National Forest:
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. January 7, 2011. M. Speaker:
Much of my district comprises forests managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Over the last two years, I have received a growing volume of complaints protesting the increasingly exclusionary and elitist policies of this agency.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. January 6, 2011. M. Speaker:
I rise to express the hope that historians will look back on the 112th Congress as the session that restored American prosperity – and to express my strong agreement with the new leaders of this House who have declared that every action of this body must be measured against this goal.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom McClintock (R-Granite Bay) was sworn into the 112th Congress today by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).
Washington, D.C.--Representative Tom McClintock, CA-04, has been appointed Chairman of the Water and Power Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee in the 112th Congress. McClintock served as Ranking Member of the subcommittee in the previous Congress, earning a reputation as a strong advocate for developing the nation’s natural resources.
M. Speaker:
This lame duck session is rapidly descending into farce. I believe this House is now in danger of becoming a caricature of everything the American people rejected in November: incompetence, arrogance, and a complete detachment from reality.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. December 21, 2010. Mr. Speaker:
On November 2nd, the American people spoke loudly and clearly: stop the spending.
Instead of graciously bowing to the public will, the Left has embarked on a frantic lame-duck spending spree with a majority already turned out of office by the voters.