I believe our antitrust laws, if properly and vigorously enforced, enhance this fundamental element of our economic system.

I think as a congressional delegation we have proven we can handle the question of wilderness in Utah.

We will all be speaking on the same page

We proved with our bill that if we bring responsible people to the table who are actually interested in results

We have produced wilderness in Utah. We have done it in a short timeframe, and we are poised to do it again and again.

the people on the ground understood that wilderness was the wrong way to protect the land

the bill before the Committee in my view is a centerpiece of the old paradigm

I have to be honest with you, I don't know the specifics of that piece of property, but I will tell you this...

There is a difference in the process in which we are going with this.

Congressman Bishop wrote about this in an op-ed piece saying that it is in Article 4 of the United States Constitution.

When we come back for a markup on this bill, we will have a nice discussion on Utah's equalization formula for education.

That is just such a bizarre verb ever to be used.

Earlier this year, HR146, the Omnibus Public lands package which was signed into law by President Obama, proved to be a much better way to protect our public lands including wilderness values.

I appreciate that, and I also want to tell you, and I think I mentioned this briefly as we talked down there, just to reemphasize how much I appreciate the BLM personnel, the professional staff on the ground in Utah.

The idea that SUWA and its lackey, Mr. Hinchey, represents the voice of rural Utah is like saying King George III represented the American colonists on issues of taxation--it just isn't so!

The idea that SUWA, and its lackey Mr. Hinchey, represents the voice of rural Utah is like saying King George III represented the American colonies on issues of taxation.

However, the proposed Red Rock Wilderness bill targeting Utah devastates our local economies even more so during the economic recession.

This is not what we elected President Obama to do. Things in Washington, D.C., are seriously off track.