Rob Bishop: “I think there is a moral responsibility. And before we actually have to deal with legislation...give the money back.”

Is the gentleman sure he really wants the Federal Government having a forest in his place?

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.

I think many of those local fisheries on the coast would have some quibbling with your jurisdictional approach.

The Majority is pushing a so-called 30x30 idea, locking up 30 percent of our oceans by 2030, all under the guise of protecting biodiversity while tackling climate change.