Rob Bishop: “Energy production in the Gulf of Mexico is an energy lifeline for our Nation--today providing 17 percent of our domestic…”

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.

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

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

This ban is even more ridiculous after we just locked in mandatory spending of $900 million in perpetuity with the so-called Great American Outdoors Act.