Candidate · U.S. House, District 5
Tom McClintock
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, California District 5
- Occupation
- United States Representative
Background
- Served 22 years in the California State Legislature. source: mcclintock.house.gov
- Was twice the Republican nominee for State Controller and ran in the 2003 gubernatorial recall election. source: mcclintock.house.gov
- Serves on the House Judiciary Committee, chairing the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. source: mcclintock.house.gov
- Senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee; chaired its Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee (2011-2015) and Federal Lands Subcommittee (2015-2018). Also serves on the Budget Committee. source: mcclintock.house.gov
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