Thomas McClintock actually said...

"I think we have gone too far from the original intent of the Endangered Species Act."

"It reminds me of the Vietnam War maxim, 'We have to destroy these habitats to save them,' and that is exactly what these policies have done."

"I, for the life of me, don't understand why we don't allow such things as captive breeding programs to meet the ESA requirements."

"We cannot build dams if we cannot get the dams approved, and that is the whole problem that this bill addresses."