Thomas McClintock actually said...

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

"But if the forest is desperately overcrowded, trees do not have enough room to grow and thrive."

"These restrictions have not only killed our forests, they have destroyed the economies of our local communities that used to thrive on the harvest of surplus timber."

"I think the whole concept with the monuments, which I would not have nearly the problem with, is the size of the designations."