Paul Gosar actually said...

"For the State of Colorado water is our lifeblood, as I know you recognize."

"It seems to me that the proposed rule that you have put forward is in direct conflict with Colorado water law, congressional intent and private property rights."

"Authorizes the use but does not guarantee the use, so that gives the Forest Service... the determination that that water could be used for something other than snow-making or other than grazing."

"I am here as a person from Arizona and as a citizen of this Nation to say we are potentially risking the very symbol that has sustained what this country was in the past."