Jared Huffman: “I thank the gentleman for his concerns. I won't relitigate the issue of whether the amendment is made in order. That has…”

“I thank the gentleman for his concerns. I won't relitigate the issue of whether the amendment is made in order. That has been decided. That is why we are here. With respect to the gentleman's concerns about local individuals who may have expressed opposition to the bill--and again, there is no official opposition, no local government agency, no local elected officials, but some individuals in the area have opposed the bill--I would just note, in the 115th Congress, when then-Chairman Bishop of the Natural Resources Committee supported the bill passing out of his committee and passing on the floor, the committee report itself noted those same individual voices of opposition. I will quote: ``Lastly, the committee has received a relatively large number of communications from the residents of Windsor in opposition to the bill.'' There is no new opposition to this bill. It is the same individuals, and it is the same folks who the chairman at the time, himself, noted. So I would submit, Mr. Chairman, there is nothing new here. This bill has previously won broad bipartisan support, including from my friend from Utah, and I reserve the balance of my time.”