According to a new study by the Girl Scout Research Institute (GSRI), More Than S’mores: Successes and Surprises in Girl Scouts’ Outdoor Experiences (2014), girls benefit immensely from time spent outdoors. Girls who regularly spend time outdoors eclipse their peers who spend less time outdoors in environmental stewardship, more readily seek challenges, and are better problem solvers—all important traits in twenty-first century leadership. Additionally, through an outdoor experience in Girl Scouts, nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of girls…

In the attached remarks delivered today on the House floor Congressman McClintock discussed the release, over the past several weeks, by the Bureau of Reclamation of more than 70,000 acre feet of water from dams on the American and Stanislaus rivers.   The Congressman noted: “We cannot demand that our people scrimp and save and stretch and ration every drop of water in their parched homes while at the same time, this government treats our remaining water…

Today, Congressman Tom McClintock announced that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed his campaign for re-election to California’s 4th Congressional District.Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber said, “On behalf of the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region, I am pleased to inform you that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Director’s has endorsed your candidacy…

As we begin the annual budget process, we need to stop thinking in terms of Democratic and Republican policies and start thinking in terms of what policies have worked and what policies have not.  The successes and failures of both parties could teach us much.   We are now in the sixth year of policies that promised to restore prosperity to America by radically increasing government spending and government intervention in our economy.  These years…

Washington, DC – HR 3188 by Congressman McClintock, the Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act, was approved today by the House Natural Resources Committee.“I am pleased the Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act was approved today by the House Natural Resources Committee and will now go to the House floor, where I expect the measure to be approved,” remarked Congressman McClintock. “The focus will then be on the Senate, which must take quick action and join the…