Rob Bishop: “What we really need is, first of all, the authorization in legislation to allow you to make those transfers.”

Is the gentleman sure he really wants the Federal Government having a forest in his place?

The Majority is pushing a so-called 30x30 idea, locking up 30 percent of our oceans by 2030, all under the guise of protecting biodiversity while tackling climate change.

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

The current system protects biodiversity over 100 percent of the Economic Zone of the United States through the councils.