Rob Bishop: “This idea that we did not have any of those discussions is one of the most bogus claims that happens to be there.”

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

If the gentleman has no other speakers, I yield back the balance of my 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.