Rob Bishop: “I would hope you would admit that if we put the criteria in statute, it has far more power and clarity than if it was…”

All of those legitimate questions are not going to be addressed in this Committee hearing today.

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 Dingell Act, 2 years ago, was bipartisan. If this were bipartisan, we would not be here. But to illustrate that, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).

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