Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. McClintock The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed in House Report 116-395. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 234, after line 21, insert the following (and redesignate subsequent provisions accordingly): TITLE VII--COUNTY APPROVAL OF WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS SEC. 701. COUNTY APPROVAL. No wilderness designation under this Act shall be effective in any county until the county formally approves such designation. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 844, the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, the Federal Government owns just seven- tenths of 1 percent of the State of New York. It owns 1.1 percent of the State of Illinois. It owns just 1.8 percent of the entire State of Texas. In fact, the Federal Government only owns one-fourth of Washington, D.C. But then go farther west, and you will see the problem. The Federal Government owns and controls 62 percent of the State of Alaska, two- thirds of Utah, and four-fifths of the State of Nevada.…”