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Jon Fleischman

VERY Light News Day

Today is an extremely light news day for those following California political news.  I didn’t have the stomach to link to the seemingly endless array of Obama Inauguration stories (thank goodness we cover California politics)…

Some good news for those who are frequent readers of our blog — we will soon be carrying blog items for freshman Congressman Tom McClintock!  McClintock, along with Congressman John Campbell, will give us a lot of great insights on the goings-on back there on Capitol Hill!

What did McClintock say in his first floor speech?  It was short, and to the point:

Here is the text of Rep. McClintock’s first speech on the floor of the House of Representatives.
    

Mr. Speaker:

I rise today to express my hope that this President will not leave office before using his pardon to correct one of the great injustices of our time: the imprisonment of Border Patrol officers Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.  They’re the officers who wounded a drug smuggler as he tried to escape.  The drug smuggler got immunity; Ramos and Compean got lengthy prison sentences.

This injustice sends a chilling message to Border Patrol officers who are heroically trying to defend the integrity of our borders against enormous odds and with inadequate resources.

It cannot be allowed to stand.

(TomMcClintock.Com)