Everything Tom McClintock said on the floor, from the Congressional Record
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Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 10: Page 24, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $476,993,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $476,993,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 10: Page 24, line 18, after the dollar
amount, insert ``(reduced by $476,993,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $476,993,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 11: Page 28, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $820,488,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $820,488,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 11: Page 28, line 13, after the dollar
amount, insert ``(reduced by $820,488,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $820,488,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 12: Page 28, line 23 after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 12: Page 28, line 23 after the dollar amount,
insert ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 13: Page 29, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $160,000,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $160,000,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 13: Page 29, line 7, after the dollar amount,
insert ``(reduced by $160,000,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $160,000,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 14: Page 31, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $6,000,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $6,000,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 14: Page 31, line 21, after the dollar
amount, insert ``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $6,000,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 15: Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''. Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount,…
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 15: Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount,
insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''.
Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $500,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $500,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 16: Page 52, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $68,400,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $68,400,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 16: Page 52, line 15, after the dollar
amount, insert ``(reduced by $68,400,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $68,400,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 17: Page 53, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $11,700,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $11,700,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 17: Page 53, line 7, after the dollar amount,
insert ``(reduced by $11,700,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $11,700,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 18: Page 53, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,700,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,700,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 18: Page 53, line 13, after the dollar
amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,700,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,700,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 19: Page 54, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,350,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,350,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 19: Page 54, line 4, after the dollar amount,
insert ``(reduced by $1,350,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,350,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 20: Page 54, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $250,000)''. Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $250,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 20: Page 54, line 12, after the dollar
amount, insert ``(reduced by $250,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $250,000)''.
Offered By: Mr. McClintock Amendment No. 6: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,304,636,000)''. Page 24, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $289,420,000)''. Page 24, line 18, after the…
Offered By: Mr. McClintock
Amendment No. 6: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount,
insert ``(reduced by $1,304,636,000)''.
Page 24, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $289,420,000)''.
Page 24, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $476,993,000)''.
Page 28, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $820,488,000)''.
Page 28, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
Page 29, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $160,000,000)''.
Page 31, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $500,000)''.
Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $500,000)''.
Page 52, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $68,400,000)''.
Page 53, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $11,700,000)''.
Page 53, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $10,700,000)''.
Page 54, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,350,000)''.
Page 54, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $250,000)''.
Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $3,250,437,000)''.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this bill purports to cut off funding for combat in Libya. In doing so, it simply forbids what the Constitution already forbids--the waging of war without explicit congressional…
I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, this bill purports to cut off funding for combat in Libya. In doing so, it simply forbids what the Constitution already forbids--the waging of war without explicit congressional authorization. But then it specifically grants to the President what up until now he has completely lacked: congressional authority to engage in every conceivable belligerent act short of actually pulling the trigger.
Refueling bombers on their way to targets, identifying and selecting targets, guiding munitions to their targets, logistical support, operational planning--these are all acts of war in direct support of belligerents at war, and this bill authorizes them.
The House has just considered whether to authorize war with Libya. It has specifically, categorically, and decisively rejected it. The President is now on notice that he is in direct defiance of Congress. That is the message we need to send today. Let's not enter a war through the back door, when we have already decided not to enter it through the front.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of this resolution. We need to be crystal clear on this. Without prior congressional authorization, under the War Powers Act, the President may only commit Armed Forces to…
I thank the gentleman for yielding.
I rise in strong support of this resolution. We need to be crystal clear on this. Without prior congressional authorization, under the War Powers Act, the President may only commit Armed Forces to hostilities for 60 days if there is a direct attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions or its Armed Forces.
There was none, so there is no 60-day clock, and the unprovoked attack on Libya--from day one--constituted an illegal and unconstitutional act of the highest significance.
And the question is, What are we going to do about that? If the President felt there was moral justification to attack Libya, he was constitutionally required to make that case to the Congress and to get its authorization. He did not.
Now, the argument we hear against this resolution comes down to this: we're already committed; it's too late for Congress to order a withdrawal without harming America's reputation or undermining its allies. Well, if we take that position, we have just changed the entire
Madam Chairman, this truly is a tale of two parties. The Democrats have been very clear in their approach on this issue. Heap additional taxes on producers, which will be immediately passed on to consumers, and continue to delay and…
Madam Chairman, this truly is a tale of two parties.
The Democrats have been very clear in their approach on this issue. Heap additional taxes on producers, which will be immediately passed on to consumers, and continue to delay and obstruct the development of America's vast petroleum resources. Higher prices at the pump, increasing dependence on foreign oil, and thousands more families thrown out of work, that is the Democratic plan.
The Republicans have also been very clear on our approach. Open America's vast petroleum resources, triple the current production by 2027, cut foreign imports by one-third. Even more importantly, this bill means hundreds of thousands of new jobs and hundreds of billions of dollars of direct revenues into the national and State treasuries, not through higher prices for consumers but through growing prosperity for our country.
That's the choice between the two parties, plain and simple, and it's the choice I believe the American people are ready and eager to make.