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

The Park Service says this is necessary to comply with a settlement agreement reached with the most radical and nihilistic fringe of the environmental Left.

The public is crying out for congressional intervention, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you for taking the first step toward saving Yosemite National Park for the public use, resort, and recreation that was promised to the American people…

The NPS proposal would remove long-standing tourist facilities from Yosemite Valley, including bicycle and raft rentals, snack facilities, gift shops, horseback riding, the ice skating rink at Curry Village, the arts center, the grocery…

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

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

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…

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

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

As I listen to the acting Ranking Member, on behalf of the Democratic Minority, one would think that the ESA was this magnificent success to the environment that has had no cost to our economy. This is sheer fantasy.

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