The majority of the people that called in were against the plan, and there were very, very few that were for it.

the best way is to adopt no action, let the Park Service go back to managing the parks.

Congressman Tom McClintock to write a strong letter of protest against the Draft Plan

I want to thank you for arranging this hearing in response to the public outcry that has been raised against the proposals by the National Park Service that would radically alter the purpose, nature, and use of Yosemite National Park.

I believe that we are at a significant crossroads in the purposes to which the national parks will be put, and whether we are going to continue to honor the promise that has been honored to the American people for the past 150 years that…

That is your first senior moment. Thank you for sharing it with all of us, Mr. Chairman.

I do not believe that the Park Service may simply ignore its responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act to protect the Sugar Pine Bridge and find no justification for robbing Yosemite of this iconic landmark.

Does it make much sense to you for the federal government to be obstructing the vast amounts of conventional energy that we have right within our own borders, while, at the same time, lavishing public funds on unreliable and extremely…

It is not only not promoting an all-of-the-above strategy, it is actually obstructing an all-of-the-above strategy.

They are terrible; they will not let us fight back.

Well, then, it seems to me we ought to just count the damn hatchery fish.

I direct her attention to the Pacific Legal Foundation study that utterly debunked the notion that this has been such a fabulous success.