Rob Bishop: “It is not, as the Director said, nor is it right to have strongholds where wilderness-like restrictions over 16.5…”

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

State management gives you a greater opportunity of having success than if you have a Federal Government management system

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 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…