Thomas McClintock

Thomas McClintock has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of the State of California, since 2009 (map).

Spending
McClintock supports implementing a federal spending limit, and reducing wasteful and mismanaged spending from the government.

Immigration
To lower the amount of illegal immigration, McClintock supports completing the southern border fence and enforcing current immigration laws more strictly, rather than creating new ones.

Wildfires
McClintock believes that allowing forest and land management to be done by local government will help lower the amount of wildfires in California.

National Security
McClintock supports fully funding the military as well as returning to Reagan's "peace through strength" idea.

Education
For a better education system, McClintock favors allowing local government and communities to make education decisions rather than using a "one size fits all" model.

Taxes
McClintock would like the 2003 Bush tax cuts to be permanent, and allow businesses the opportunity to grow.

Global Warming
McClintock was a speaker at the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change (2009) in New York.

2008 elections
He won the Republican nomination in the June 2008 primaries and went on to defeat Charlie Brown (D) to replace retiring incumbent Rep. John Doolittle R-Calif.) in the November, 2008 general election.

Committees
McClintock will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

Contact
McClintock for Congress campaign site

McClintock for Congress 1700 Eureka Rd, Suite 170 Roseville, CA 95661 916-783-4411 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              916-783-4411      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Email: mcclintock@tommcclintock.com

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:California and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on California's 4th Congressional District

Presentations by McClintock

 * Tom McClintock, "Inconvenient Questions", Presentation to the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change (2009), March 9, 2009. (The video of the presentation can be downloaded here).

General Articles

 * Skeptic, "Follow The Money: Doolittle, McClintock & Gaines," The Folsom Telegraph (California) blog, October 26, 2008.