Rob Bishop: “I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.”

Instead of helping, it seems the Majority is more interested in putting fishermen's livelihood at risk in the name of faux conservation.

I think many of those local fisheries on the coast would have some quibbling with your jurisdictional approach.

Just as locking up large sums of lands has been a terrible and expensive idea, locking up 30 percent of our oceans does not translate to good stewardship.

I appreciate this opportunity. This bill has got one thing that I think is going for it very heavily in that it authorizes the opportunity of having the Federal Government being forced to actually deal with the local community on…