Two-term Congressman Tom McClintock,
an emerging leader of California's conservative faction, holds an
optimistic view about the upcoming national election -- but he harbors
troubling doubt regarding how victorious Republicans will respond.
In a recent sit-down interview for American Thinker,
I sought to obtain a follow-up report on the escalating dispute between
House Republicans and the IRS over alleged harassment of Tea Party
organizations and key leaders. As reported in a post-interview blog, the dispute may move toward a formal hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee.
Then,
McClintock, who overpowered his Democrat rival 64% to 36% in
California's recent primary election, offered views on other issues of
the day.
AT: You serve on the powerful House Budget Committee, whose chairman, Paul Ryan, managed to get a budget bill passed and sent to the Senate. In a speech on the House floor, you expressed sympathy with those "who believe the budget can and should be balanced much sooner." Yet you urged passage. Why?
TM:
Paul Ryan operates under the constraint that he's got to develop a plan
that can pass the House of Representatives. My point to conservatives
is we can bring the budget back under control faster than this does, but
that's not the issue. The issue here is: is this sufficient to restore
the solvency of the United States government in time to avert a
sovereign debt crisis? It
certainly meets that test. This is a case where we must not allow the
perfect to be the enemy of the good. This is enough to save our
country. That's enough to merit our support, even though we can all
imagine something better.
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