Contrary to the President’s assertions last week, the Islamic State IS Islamic and it IS a state – or at least has all the attributes of a state. It is precisely this combination that makes it so dangerous: a messianic and clearly stated intention t...
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Tom McClintock
I want to thank Senator Feinstein for hosting this year’s summit and for directing its attention to the threat of catastrophic wildfire, the greatest natural threat facing the Lake Tahoe region. It utterly destroys forests and their habitats; it mak...
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Tom McClintock
Wherever I go, people express a growing anger over the illegal immigration that is overwhelming our southern border....
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I want to thank all of you who have worked so long and hard to make this sesquicentennial celebration of the original Yosemite Grant Act so moving....
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Tom McClintock
We are gathered here to talk about water storage amidst one of the worst droughts in California’s recorded history. If we can’t make progress now on this issue, when will we?...
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As the board feet declined, the fire destruction increased proportionally. The excess timber is either carried out or it is burned out....
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Tom McClintock
You’ve asked me to expand on remarks that I made on the House floor a few months ago outlining what I believe is the overarching question of our generation. It is a question that I believe transcends everything else we are dealing with in our countr...
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Tom McClintock
You’ve asked me to expand on remarks that I made on the House floor a few months ago, outlining what I believe is the overarching question of our generation. It is a question that I believe transcends everything else we are dealing with in our count...
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Tom McClintock
When I looked out at the sea of long faces at our election night gathering in 2012, I tried to find some ray of light. I told the group that through all the gloom, there were two reasons for optimism....
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Tom McClintock
This summer, the biggest fire in the history of the Sierra Nevada Mountains burned 400 square miles of forest land....
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Tom McClintock
