Rob Bishop: “Thank you Chairman Bishop, Ranking Member Grijalva, and members of this subcommittee for convening this important…”

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

This ban is even more ridiculous after we just locked in mandatory spending of $900 million in perpetuity with the so-called Great American Outdoors Act.

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.

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…