Thomas McClintock actually said...

"If you found a rattlesnake curled up in a corner of your bedroom that wasn't doing anything, would you simply monitor it until it did?"

"Private lands are usually healthy. They are well managed. Tree density is matched to the ability of the land to support it, and they actually make money doing that."

"So, I guess the first question is, why shouldn't we extend that to the 193 acres of the U.S. Forest Service?"

"Wouldn't it be a good idea to go back to the policies that worked, instead of continuing to defend the policies that don't?"