John Duarte actually said...

"Endangered Species Act in California, with the spotted owl, has let our forests become overgrown fire hazards."

"So, please, any of you, explain to me how the mine, located where that red dot is, is going to economically disrupt the naturalism through hundreds of thousands of million acres of that."

"Anyone that wants to canoe there probably won't be able to see the mine from there, right?"

"I need your information to help make these decisions."