Tom McClintock

Letter dated June 14, 2017 to Chairman McClintock and Ranking Member Hanabusa from the Alaska Wilderness League...

Ending welfare as we know it.

We have the lowest labor participation rate since the Carter administration.

The biggest capital-gains tax cut in American history.

The result of that was the lowest economic growth rate in the post-war era.

The era of big government is over.

Wages stagnated under Obama; they skyrocketed under Reagan. That is not population-driven; that is productivity-driven.

And the share of taxes paid by that top 1 percent actually went up dramatically...

It is so good to see an administration returning to the policies that work and for the first time in 16 years having a President who actually gives a damn about balancing the budget before it bankrupts the country.

And with respect to the policies, this budget reminds me a great deal of the first Reagan budget...

So this isn't theory, this is practice, and it has been practice under both Democratic and Republican administrations, when you cut the tax and regulatory burdens the economy expands.

Your budget turns us away from that bleak future.

I believe we averaged 1.5 percent every year for his 8 years. Is that correct?

It seems to me, from your report, that the increase in spending is all being driven by mandatory spending?

The President was calling for a government shutdown. And, in fact, he has been bending over backwards to avoid a government shutdown.

I think there are really only 2 ways to pay for spending. You either tax it now as revenue, or you tax it in the future as debt.

What he called for was for the Senate to reform its closure rule on fiscal bills that has completely gridlocked Congress' ability to control spending.

Both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears were designated in the face of unanimous opposition from the congressional delegation, the governor, and local counties.

Traditional Utah Navajo people are not collecting $20 million from the Hewlett and Packard foundations and Leonardo DiCaprio to sponsor this toxic divide-and-conquer campaign.

The Antiquities Act provides the President the authority to designate national monuments on Federal land containing 'historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.'

No president strayed further away from this intent than President Obama, who used the Act to lock up over 553.4 million acres of land and water.

It is appalling that non-local voices have drowned out those who treasure this land the most.

But if the forest is desperately overcrowded, trees do not have enough room to grow and thrive.

The previous administration prioritized legacy building over the lives and livelihoods of small, rural communities.

I think the whole concept with the monuments, which I would not have nearly the problem with, is the size of the designations.