Rob Bishop: “We believe the NEPA requirements of the Act are the crux of Rep. Bishop's legislation.”

I include in the Record two documents. The first document is the dissenting views that Republicans filed on this bill in the committee. The second is the summary of problems that the Department of Commerce Inspector General, the GAO and…

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

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

As now we come to some of the realities of this particular bill and the procedures. Mr. Speaker, it would be nice if we actually dealt with the good of the body and recognize that reauthorizations are important so that we can reevaluate…