Rob Bishop actually said...

"I am also deeply concerned about the legal contortions the Administration makes to claim the authority for these rules from the statutory language in the first place."

"These rules will now make it even easier for the Federal Government to designate larger and larger swaths of local, state, Federal and private land and waters as critical habitat."

"Changing provisions in the law by the executive branch, as these rules do, will undoubtedly promote more lawsuits."

"The sweeping impact of these rules seems to be magnified, especially when you consider recent regulatory actions like EPA's water grab."