Rob Bishop: “I reserve the balance of my time. I advise my colleague that I am prepared to close.”

Thank you. I appreciate it, sir.

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.

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

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…