Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 17, 2011
If that is the case, what I said to their economist, you had better study the effect on lost construction, lost jobs, lost economic activity, if we cannot replace the water that you are going to take.
Said by
Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock emphasizes the economic impact of potential water shortages.

Share & report

More from Tom McClintock

Apr 10, 2024

Human nature being what it is, we all know that the most closely guarded secrets of the government are not those that are marked top secret; it's those that are marked embarrassing.

congress.gov
Apr 15, 2024

The fact is, we never allowed it to close millions of businesses, lock people in their homes indefinitely, censor dissenters, forbid peaceable assemblies, shut down churches, and yet in the jurisdictions that the left controlled this is…

congress.gov
May 22, 2024

Before we socialized our medical system we had a free market system which every American could choose from a wide variety of competing options.

congress.gov
Mar 11, 2024

Well, thank you. Mr. Hur, I first want to get this straight. Is it now OK if I take home top-secret documents, store them in my garage, and read portions of them to friends or associates?

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation