Thomas McClintock actually said...

"the primary culprits bogging down responsible management and recovery of our overgrown fire-prone forests have been and remain onerous regulatory burdens and the continued weaponization of our courts ..."

"the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure Law reflects yet another example of Congress just throwing money at a problem, trying to put a Band-Aid on the symptoms instead of actually getting to the root ..."

"Until they quit suing, until we quit giving them the ability to hold up the management, there is no amount of money and no number of staff that are going to be able to fix the problem with our forests..."

"The Forest Service used to have what was called the 10 a.m. rule."