Rob Bishop: “Rest assured, these tactics will not stop this particular committee--and I do consider them to be tactics.”

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.

Twenty years from now, come back here, and we will tell the gentleman we told him so. Madam Speaker, I have no objections to the bill, and I yield back the balance of my 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.