Thomas McClintock actually said...

"These restrictions continue to have a devastating impact on the gateway communities that depend upon tourist travel to Yosemite for their very economic existence."

"If, in fact, your budget request includes no funding for new water storage capacity, despite the severe drought conditions that we are suffering in the West, I wonder, how can the Administration expec..."

"This long-overdue proposal would store enough water to support more than 3 million Californians annually."

"While I believe that the safety valve was too stringent prior to the passage of the First Step Act, I'm a bit uncomfortable with expanding the safety valve to recidivists."