Thomas McClintock actually said...

"If you get in bed with the Federal Government, you had better be prepared for something more than a good night's sleep."

"The elected representatives of the city and county whose people pay the taxes and whose livelihoods and quality of life depend upon these projects?"

"The only actual bona fide representatives of the community are the representatives the community has elected."

"If a community, say, in my district were invited to participate in this process, to make concessions, with the expectation that they would be ratified into law and carried out, would you advise the pe..."