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Rob Bishop: “If we were to open up this process so that those who have offshore would have greater say in how those offshore waters…”

On the recordJune 13, 2018
If we were to open up this process so that those who have offshore would have greater say in how those offshore waters are developed at the same time you allow states that are onshore to have greater say on how public lands, Federal lands, are managed within our state, would that increase or decrease the concept of federalism and the ability of people to control their lives?
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah

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Bishop discusses the balance of state and federal control over land and water management.

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