Rob Bishop: “The first bill we are going to consider will be the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act by Congressman Royce.”

Did you tell me the form the clearance has to have? In what form must it be? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has advised only that appropriate clearance must be provided. It has not been so provided, and so the Chair cannot entertain…

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

I appreciate this opportunity. This bill has got one thing that I think is going for it very heavily in that it authorizes the opportunity of having the Federal Government being forced to actually deal with the local community on…

Does that clearance have to be in the form of a written statement to the Chair? The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent the appropriate clearance, which has not been received by…