Rob Bishop: “What does the creation of a national monument on these lands do to people's lives and culture?”

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

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

Thank you. I appreciate it, sir.

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