Thomas McClintock actually said...

"My constituents and I are tired of unelected Washington, DC bureaucrats creating new programs out of thin air that have the ability to end our way of life and the way that we make a living."

"It reminds me of something that Abraham Lincoln said in his famous house divided speech."

"So it is voluntary, then, in the sense that it is imposed upon you without consultation."

"It is a cleansing thing, according to this bizarre philosophy that seems to have developed within your department."