Rob Bishop: “The federal government owns a disproportionate amount of land and is seemingly doing little to reverse the trend.”

State management gives you a greater opportunity of having success than if you have a Federal Government management system

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.

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

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.