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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Tom McClintock (CA – 04), Ranking Member of the House Water and Power Subcommittee, today made the following opening statement at a hearing about low-impact hydropower:
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
July 22, 2010
M. Speaker:
Anyone who has experienced firsthand the quiet panic that stalks every waking hour of an unemployed family knows how frightening and debilitating is chronic unemployment. You watch your savings evaporate, you see your children going without the material things their friends enjoy, and you count down the months or even weeks until you won’t be able to make that crucial rent or house payment.
Repeating the Lesson
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2010
Mr. Speaker:
When the stimulus bill became law, unemployment stood at 8.2 percent. Today, eighteen months and hundreds of billions of dollars later, unemployment is 9.5 percent.
Representative Tom McClintock (R - CA) made the following opening statement at the House Water and Power Subcommittee hearing on the Bureau of Reclamation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Testifying at the hearing was the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Michael Connor.
Opening Statement
Water and Power Sub-Committee
July 15, 2010
Washington, D.C. – Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) has recruited 17 members of the House of Representatives to become party to an amicus brief in support of Arizona’s new immigration law. The brief has been filed by the Washington Legal Foundation in support of Arizona in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.
WASHINGTON D.C. – During a full committee markup of the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) in the Natural Resources Committee Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) introduced an amendment to strike section 238 of the legislation.
Representative McClintock’s Statement on the Amendment to HR 3534 is attached below:
Statement on Amendment to HR 3534
House Natural Resources Committee
July 14, 2010
Mr. Chairman:
Sunday, July 4, 2010
9:00 AM
Lincoln Independence Day Parade
5th and F Street, Lincoln
Noon
Pollock Pines 4th of July Parade
Sly Park Road and Pony Express Trail, Pollock Pines
2:00 PM
Nevada City Parade
Historic Downtown Nevada City
7:00 PM
Auburn Area, Lions Club 4th of July Parade
Lincoln Way and High Streets, Auburn
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. M. Speaker:
The proponents tell us that this bill will increase lending to small businesses. To do so they are creating a $30 billion slush fund to make loans to smaller banks, therefore encouraging smaller banks to make loans to small businesses. Or so they say.
It is a splendid example of what I like to call McClintock’s Second Law of Political Physics: the more we invest in our mistakes, the less willing we are to correct them.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. M. Speaker:
Suppose your family is deeply in debt, bills are piling up, your credit cards are eating you alive. Finally, you seek the help of a financial counselor.
What’s the first thing that counselor is going to say? He’s going to say, “the very first thing we’ve got to do is sit down and sketch out a family budget.”
We all know that.
It’s hard work. It’s painful. But it’s absolutely necessary if you’re going to get control of your finances.
Our national debt is fast approaching the size of our entire economy.