Rob Bishop: “I certainly, Mr. Chairman, respect your concerns about tax inequity.”

I know that when Democrats were in the Minority, they used to object to some of the titles which we had on our hearings.

the Magnuson-Stevens Act is not just for the conservation and management of fishery resources, but also to assure that our citizens benefit from employment, food supply, and revenue which could be generated from these resources.

We have talked about several of the problems with this particular bill. With this particular bill, we have talked about how the poor reckoning of its sources there do not say what is going to happen if this money does not develop. I think…

Instead, we decided to move ahead with what can only be described as really good political theater.