Thomas McClintock actually said...

"This amounts to an uncompensated taking and is a violation of both the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution."

"I would counsel my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, if you want timely salvage operations in Yosemite or anywhere else in the country--if that's really your goal--fund the Government."

"Basically what we are doing is consigning what was once forestland to become brushland for the next several decades?"

"We need to take immediate action."