| May 31, 2007 | Speech in Opposition to SB 61 (Runner) Toll Roads |
| | This measure allows CalTrans to begin charging tolls for public highways and removes legislative oversight over those charges. We're told this is necessary to add desperately-needed highway capacity. But wait a second. Today, Californians pay the third highest tax per gallon of gasoline in the nation. And yet we rank 43rd in the nation in our per capita spending on highways. |
| June 2, 2005 | Statement by Senator Tom McClintock in Opposition to SB 60 |
| | Let's make one thing very clear from the outset. The new federal law DOES NOT require states to give driving-only driver's licenses to foreign nationals illegally in this country. The new federal law DOES NOT in any way sanction states that do not give driving-only driver's licenses to foreign nationals illegally in this country. |
| March 30, 2005 | Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, Speech by Senator Tom McClintock, Long Beach, California |
| | When the chief architect of Alexandria presented his plans to the great Alexander, he enthusiastically explained that the entire city was laid out around a great fountain that featured a gigantic statue of the city’s namesake. Water from this fountain would then flow outward to all parts of the city. Alexander seemed unimpressed. The architect proudly said, “You see the symbolism, of course. Water, the life’s blood of a city, all flows from your image.”
Alexander shook his head and said, “No, water is not the life’s blood of a city. Commerce is the life’s blood of a city.” |
| August 27, 2004 | Rethinking the Bay Bridge, AB 2366 (Dutra), Senate Floor Debate |
| | First, let's go back to the days when the Bay Bridge was a triumph of transportation planning and learn from it. The financing mechanism of the Bay Bridge was simple and straightforward. The state commissioned the bridge. It then sold a revenue bond to pay for it. That bond was repaid by the users of the bridge in proportion to their use through a 50-cent per vehicle toll. That revenue bond was paid off in 20-years. That's how it was done when common sense was practiced in this building. |
| May 18, 2004 | Driving While Distracted |
| | I just want everyone to be very clear about what they're voting on. This measure provides that a motorist who is pulled over for, say, speeding can be issued an additional citation. With all surcharges that citation will cost the motorist $150 the first time and $530 the second time. And what is the offense? Talking on a cell phone, talking to another passenger, smoking, adjusting the radio volume, glancing at a map - or glancing at directions, sipping a cup of coffee, telling your kids to settle down. If you're doing any of those things when you're cited for a moving violation, you can expect that extra ticket. I know the author is trying to discourage driving while distracted - but this bill makes it a crime for driving while ... driving. |
| September 3, 2003 | SB 60 - Drivers Licenses for Illegal Immigrants |
| | This measure serves one purpose and one purpose alone - and that is to undermine the enforcement of our immigration laws. This is not necessary to assure better trained drivers. California already recognizes a valid foreign drivers license as proof of competence to operate a motor vehicle on California roads. |
| May 29, 2002 | High-Speed Rail (SB 1856) - Senate Floor Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock |
| | When the definitive history of California boondoggles is written, this one will loom above all others. |
| May 2, 2002 | Remarks Against AB 1058 by Senator McClintock |
| | Let's be very clear what this does. It gives the California Air Resources Board a blank check to reduce carbon dioxide from cars. What does that mean? We can take a pretty good guess. Just last month, the Board issued a number of proposals to do so, including:
· A 50-cent per gallon increase in gasoline taxes
· A two-cent tax on every mile driven for passenger cars
· Reducing the speed limit to 55 miles per hour
· A $3,500 surcharge on mini-vans |
| January 24, 2002 | California Asphalt and Pavement Association - Los Angeles, California |
| | Thank you for your invitation to discuss the transportation crisis in California. The thing that makes it so fascinating to me is how simple the problem is to correct, and how monumentally stupid has been our policy to deal with it during the past 30 years. |
| September 6, 2001 | Gasoline: MTBE. Senate Floor Debate Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock. |
| | By what authority does the Congress and the Administration assert their right to tell Californians how we will formulate the gasoline to be used in California? By what provision of the Constitution do they have that authority over us? The answer is: There is none. |
| April 3, 2001 | The Auto Club's Breakdown |
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| May 31, 2000 | AB 1930 – Scott (710 Freeway) |
| | The fundamental issue in this bill is: can a single city council
determine the shape of the state highway system? |
| April 6, 2000 | Reaction to Governor’s Transit Plan |
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| January 6, 2000 | The C.C. Myers Story: When Bureaucrats Get Out of the Way Comments |
| | Press Conference Remarks: The Story of C.C. Myers and the Santa Monica Freeway |
| March 17, 1999 | Ending California’s 25-Year Hate Affair with the Car |
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| February 18, 1999 | Highway Taxes for Highways Press Conference |
| | Remarks on AB 521 |
| February 16, 1999 | Building a Better California |
| | The Republican solution to the California transportation crisis. |
| February 9, 1999 | Highway Taxes for Highways |
| | Statement in response to the transportation proposals by Senator Burton. Issued as Vice Chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee. |
| February 1, 1999 | Opening Remarks to the Assembly Transportation Committee |
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| April 16, 1998 | Automated Highway Robbery |
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| January 18, 1998 | Highway Robbery |
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