Thank you, Chairman Bishop. Thank you for holding this hearing today. I think this is a critical issue, and one that deserves attention.

It is unfortunate that discretion was not what it should have been in this case.

the future of recreation lands and water is neither protected nor vested.

I am particularly concerned about lands that are located in Utah.

I very much appreciate the Chairman's approach, because there are areas that I particularly would like to see protected.

I believe bringing these disparate groups together... is important because in meetings I have had with a lot of these groups, private meetings, a lot of times we are saying the same things.

I worry about that for the NLCS on the grand scale, too.

Thank you, Congressman Grijalva, for introducing this important bill.

Do you think that the group size issue is something that this commission that you endorse is--on a uniform level should address, as well?

Thank you for that.

I think the accurate statement is that rule was fully mandated by Dodd-Frank and the SEC was obligated by law to release the rule in its current form.