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From the Floor: The Klamath Claptrap

By admin on September 22, 2011

This generation is facing spiraling electricity prices and increasingly scarce supplies.  Californians have had to cut back to the point that their per capita electricity consumption is now lower than that of Guam, Luxembourg and Aruba. 

What is the administration’s solution?

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Agony of Quincy

By Jon Huey on July 29, 2009

M. Speaker:  I want to thank my colleague from Utah, Mr. Bishop, for organizing this special order for the House tonight, and for the attention he has devoted to the suffering in my district caused by the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement that seems to be so firmly in control of our national policy on public lands.

The Radical Policies Of The Global Warm-mongers

By Jon Huey on March 10, 2009

Rep. McClintock gave the following speech to Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change on March 9, 2009.

The Human Cost of Over-Regulation

By Jon Huey on March 5, 2009

Rep. McClintock gave the following floor speech on March 3, 2009.

M. Speaker:  Sierra Pacific Industries just announced the closure of its sawmill in Quincy, California, throwing another 150 families out of work.

They made it clear that the recession wasn’t the cause but merely the catalyst. The real cause is that their regulatory costs – and litigation because of regulation – now exceeds their profit margin.  Two thirds of their harvest is tied up as a result.

California Waiver For Emissions Standards

By Tom McClintock on January 26, 2009

Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge the President not to waive the Federal law on emission standards that is currently protecting Californians from Governor Schwarzenegger's crusade to save our planet by destroying our economy. Putting aside the highly questionable junk science behind the Governor's proposal, the net effect would add up to $5,000 to the price of a new car.

Floor Speech: SB 908 - Global Warming Curriculum

By Tom McClintock on January 29, 2008

I would gladly vote for this bill if there was a requirement that the curriculum on global warming be science-based and balanced.  That discussion and examination is desperately needed not only in our schools but in the halls of government.

But there is no such requirement in this bill and I don’t believe there is any intention of doing so. 

Speech: Western Conservative Political Action Conference

By Tom McClintock on October 24, 2007

Speech was given on October 12, 2007 in Newport Beach.

You have extended me a very dangerous invitation tonight – to speak to a gathering of political conservatives on the day that Al Gore has received the Nobel Peace Prize for discovering that the earth’s climate is changing.