Rob Bishop: “It is wrong that this legislation turns a completely deaf ear to these most significant stakeholders.”

Twenty years from now, come back here, and we will tell the gentleman we told him so. Madam Speaker, I have no objections to the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

If the gentleman has no other speakers, I yield back the balance of my time.

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

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