Thomas McClintock actually said...

"We need to take immediate action."

"Four hundred miles of roads are now in jeopardy. If nearby trees are not removed before winter, we can expect dead trees to begin toppling, risking lives and closing access."

"As time passes, the value of this dead timber declines, until after a year or so it becomes unsalvageable."

"What he didn't explain was that process takes a year or more, and by the time the normal environmental review of salvage operations has been completed, a year from now, what was once forestland will h..."