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Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Thomas Miller McClintock II is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 4th congressional district since 2009. His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno; it includes Yosemite National Park. A member of the Republican Party, McClintock served as a California state assemblyman from 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2000, when he became a California state senator, a position he held until 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of California in the 2003 recall election and for lieutenant governor of California in the 2006 election.
I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.
The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom.
...experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity.
Well first of all, for a criminal practice there has to be a gun. It’s pretty simple.
If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist.
A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time.
I know theres a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. Theres a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order.