Rob Bishop: “Could I inquire of the gentleman from Colorado how many additional speakers he has.”

Instead, we decided to move ahead with what can only be described as really good political theater.

Just as locking up large sums of lands has been a terrible and expensive idea, locking up 30 percent of our oceans does not translate to good stewardship.

One final parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

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