| March 30, 2005 |
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, Speech by Senator Tom McClintock, Long Beach, California |
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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.” |
| March 12, 2003 |
California Commission on Tax Policy in the New Economy |
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Thank you for the opportunity to address your commission on the future of tax policy in California. I would like to focus on two general themes - one is the natural limitations that operate upon any system of taxation, and the other is a few general principles that I believe would produce great improvements to the state's overall structure of finance. |
| February 12, 2003 |
Storm Warnings on the State Budget Crisis |
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Storm warnings on the state budget crisis from Senator McClintock's 2001 and 2002 Senate Floor Debates, Speeches and Opinion Columns. "The policies that turned a $9 billion surplus to a $24 billion deficit in just 18 months are continued and expanded in a state budget which, though just three weeks old, is already unraveling before our eyes." |
| June 21, 2002 |
Western Power Trading Forum - Ojai, California |
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I appreciate the opportunity to join you to discuss California's continuing energy woes. It is a welcome relief from discussing California's continuing budget woes. I will begin by stating that California's energy crisis is not cured. It is in remission only. Not only is it not cured, but the minimal efforts everyone agreed were necessary to avert future disasters have not been made. Very little has actually been done to address the root cause of last year's rolling blackouts and sky-high prices: a catastrophic shortage of electricity. |
| June 7, 2002 |
Bringing the Budget Under Control |
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Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock to the Conference Committee on the Budget |
| May 8, 2002 |
Statement by Senator Tom McClintock on the Cancellation of the Meeting of the Senate Labor Committee |
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The Senate's labor committee was scheduled to meet this morning. The meeting was summarily canceled. The public was expelled from the committee room. The doors were locked and Senators who are members of that committee were barred from entering. The circumstances surrounding the cancellation are appalling. |
| May 2, 2002 |
Remarks Against AB 1058 by Senator McClintock |
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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 30, 2002 |
Senator Tom McClintock, Senate Floor Remarks Against SB 4XXX (Peace), Budget Revision Act of 2001, Third Extraordinary Session |
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The state constitution was written to prohibit this sort of fiscal recklessness. Despite their best hopes for the future, they foresaw that someday an irresponsible governor backed by an irresponsible majority in the legislature might someday attempt such recklessness. So they specifically prohibited it in Article 16 Section 1. They specifically forbade borrowing from the General Fund (above $300,000) without a direct
vote of the people. This measure attempts to circumvent this provision by calling this general obligation of the people of California a "lease-revenue bond." |
| January 24, 2002 |
California Asphalt and Pavement Association - Los Angeles, California |
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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. |
| October 9, 2001 |
National Right to Work Committee. A speech by Senator Tom McClintock. |
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I am very honored to be here today to salute the National Right to Work Committee and to personally thank each of you for making its efforts possible. For over a decade I have served on the labor committees of the Assembly and Senate of this state. I have seen first-hand the oppressive legislation and the overbearing tactics of the opposition over many years. |
| September 19, 2001 |
The Home Front. A speech by Senator Tom McClintock. |
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We had planned to gather here for a political event, to discuss the pressing issues facing state government. But now there is a far greater issue facing civilization. |
| September 10, 2001 |
"Predatory" Lending. Senate Floor Debate Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock. |
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One of the most common observations down through
history is how remarkably prosperous are free societies. What is the mechanics of that prosperity?
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| September 6, 2001 |
Female Inmates: Family Visitation (Senate Bill 700). Senate Floor Debate Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock. |
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Every so often a bill comes along that causes me to wonder if we've completely taken leave of our senses. As I understand the measure before us, it basically would allow unsupervised, overnight visits by children locked up with convicted murderers who happen to be their parents; in this case the mother. |
| September 6, 2001 |
Gasoline: MTBE. Senate Floor Debate Remarks by Senator Tom McClintock. |
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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. |
| August 23, 2001 |
Senate Floor Debate on the Confirmation of Governor's Appointments. Senator Tom McClintock - Senate Floor Remarks |
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We do have a role in the constitutional process of
scrutinizing the appointments of the executive. |
| July 22, 2001 |
Baseline Pricing - Electricity: SB 41xx (Speier) |
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This is a very simple bill that seeks to lower the price paid by families with dependent children for their electricity. As just such a family, I should be jumping at this. But let me tell you why I feel this is a very slippery slope. |
| July 20, 2001 |
SCE Bailout: SB 78xx (Polanco) |
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Simply stated, the fundamental issue surrounding all of the versions of the SCE bailout is, "Who should pay for SCE's losses?" |
| June 13, 2001 |
Yucca Mountain Resolution, Senate Energy Committee |
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If there is a silver lining in this energy crisis it is that most Californians - and, indeed, most Americans - have re-awakened to a simple but inescapable fact: that if we want clean, cheap and abundant power, we must make a significant commitment to nuclear energy. |
| June 9, 2001 |
Freedom and Firearms |
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A Speech by Senator Tom McClintock
Western
Conservative Conference, Los Angeles |
| June 6, 2001 |
SB 52 -- Two modern views of government that begin from entirely different premises |
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| May 29, 2001 |
State Budget Bill (SB 75) - Senator Tom McClintock Senate Floor Remarks in Opposition |
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As this budget takes shape, I want to ask a very simple question: "Is this money being wisely spent? Is it being spent as frugally and as carefully, as the people who earned it will spend what they have left? |
| May 18, 2001 |
Closing the Era of Limits |
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We have a new century gaping before us with promise and potential that dwarfs the last. It is time that we stopped hiding from it, and instead reached out for it. And all that we lack is the political will to do so. |
| May 9, 2001 |
SB 31x Bonds for Power Purchases |
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$13.4 billion in revenue bonds to pay for the Governor's losses while day-trading electricity from the corner office.
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| May 4, 2001 |
SB 603 Backup Generators |
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This measure by Senator Tom McClintock authorizes usage of diesel generators when the Independent System Operator (ISO) declares a Stage Three electricity emergency. The measure, SB 603, was heard April 25, 2001 in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. |
| May 4, 2001 |
SB 601 Power Plant Expansions |
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This measure by Senator Tom McClintock streamlines the upgrading of California power plants. The bill, SB 601, was heard April 25, 2001 in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.
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