Rob Bishop: “There is no question that decades of misplaced priorities in Congress and the executive have placed our Federal land…”

This ban is even more ridiculous after we just locked in mandatory spending of $900 million in perpetuity with the so-called Great American Outdoors Act.

There really is no reason to add to this hearing--unless it is to give Members another 5 minutes to campaign, or speak on the bills. It is kind of a waste of time.

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.