Rob Bishop: “Next year will be the 150th birthday of this historic event. And I think it is bigger than just Golden Spike itself.”

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

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.

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.

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.