Rob Bishop actually said...

"Some states, like my state, which I think had been doing an excellent job in ensuring protection of the environment with hydraulic fracturing, basically felt insulted by that concept."

"The bottom line is still they weren't there."

"Yes, and none of that does the delegation of regulatory authority, which I understand, because that authority simply does not exist."

"Either they have the right to regulate them before this rule, or BLM simply was negligent for decades in not doing its job in regulating the fracking by itself."