Thomas McClintock actually said...

"no one person should have the authority to lock up millions of acres of land with the stroke of a pen."

"No president strayed further away from this intent than President Obama, who used the Act to lock up over 553.4 million acres of land and water."

"This Subcommittee has set three over-arching principles for this Congress: To restore public access to public lands; to restore sound management to public lands; and to restore the Federal Government ..."

"the previous administration designated thousands of acres of monument land in Siskiyou County, over the direct protest of the residents and local governments."