Rob Bishop: “I will reserve the balance of my time, and I will tell the gentleman from Florida that I am prepared to close when he…”

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.

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.

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 know that when Democrats were in the Minority, they used to object to some of the titles which we had on our hearings.