Thomas McClintock actually said...

"This past fall 800,000 acre-feet was released out of dams, knowing we were going into a potentially catastrophic drought."

"When species are gone, they are gone forever. You cannot bring them back; they are gone from the planet earth."

"the Federal Government continues to increase its position in every one of these states"

"the Federal Government only controls 25 percent of the land area of the District of Columbia"