Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
Thomas Miller "Tom" McClintock II, is the U.S. Representative for California's 4th congressional district, serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former Assemblyman and state Senator. McClintock unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election and for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2006 California lieutenant gubernatorial election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 July 1956
CityWhite Plains, NY
CountryUnited States of America
breaks the social compact that gives government its legitimacy. ... It used to be that if a widow didn't want to sell her home to a developer, she didn't have to. ... The government was there to protect her. Now government has become the thug." ()
Proposition 54 simply says that our government has got to stop classifying us by race, ... It doesn't matter what race you are. The government should treat everyone exactly the same." ()
vision piece on what California can be." ()
You end up with people in the worst possible circumstances: without any job." ()
Well, I'll be available to debate you before the Republican state convention Saturday. You name the time, and I'll be there." ()
He offered a perspective to the debate that will be missed, ... But his decision to withdraw intensifies my resolve to stay and fight." ()
sends a powerful message that it is the official policy of this state not to recognize or respect this nation's immigration laws." ()
Let me ask you the critical question of this convention. What's greater the differences among us as Republicans or the differences between us and the Democrats?" ()
The reason marriage is fundamentally different from a civil contract is that marriage is formed for a fundamental purpose that is to bring a new life into the world." ()
It was Lincoln who said that if you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? The answer is four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one. And calling a civil contract between consenting adults a marriage does not make it a marriage," ()
Everyone recognizes that the only purpose of that (driver's licenses for immigrants) provision is to send a powerful message that it is the official policy of the state not to recognize, enforce or respect our nation's immigration law." ()
Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.
I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order.
We are going to spend about $6 billion more this year than we take in, ... The only reason they can even call that a balanced budget with a straight face is, they're taking borrowed money from last year and spilling it over into this year." ()