Rob Bishop

But when you write something in an open-ended and vague manner of statutory language, it simply means that administrations and litigation can make it a far cry from what Richard Nixon signed back in 1969.

Unfortunately, today it has become a sweeping regulatory framework that does the exact opposite.

I hope you realize you just swore in another vote for sage grouse. Utah, for too long, has been at 75 percent. We are now united at a full 100 percent, which means, Mr. Amodei, be careful: we are going to reannex eastern Nevada. Mr. Curtis…

Mr. Bishop, I think that we need to have a real conversation, and maybe we need to take some people to task.

Restoring the power grid is paramount to immediate emergency needs. Long-term energy transformation is equally important.

Hurricane Maria, although historic in its severity, exposed the tragic state of affairs that existed on the island well before its landfall.

What I want our Committee to do, which has general jurisdiction over there, is to make sure that we have the tools for the Board, and we have the tools for the government to make sure that the dreams that that kid has will be realized.

That kid is why I know that Puerto Rico is not just going to recover, they are going to succeed.

No one works harder to try to help her constituents down there than Representative Gonzalez has.

There is still a humanitarian crisis going on in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but today we are going to concentrate on Puerto Rico.

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Once again, I would ask our Members to reject this particular amendment. It is a core provision, one of the few creative efforts, and only a pilot project to try and find a solution. It has received bipartisan support. It has received…

I claim time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not totally opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I am amazed at how critical people have been about the experts of the Forest Service, as if people don't realize that these provisions in Mr. Westerman's bill weren't coming out of thin air. Somebody told us the tools they need to deal…

I thank my colleague from California for his work on forestry issues and understand the importance this bill has to forestry management in his state. It is my intent, and I believe the intent of my colleagues, that all provisions of H.R…

Congress must look at these policies from a conservation, fiscal, and human standpoint.

It is time to revitalize and replace outdated Federal land policies.

My earnest petition is that Congress let the people who are impacted the most enact the policies needed to protect our families, and our communities.

I am asking you to protect a program that is unrivaled in the Nation.

Good intentions do not make good policy.

We are committed to sage-grouse conservation in the state of Idaho.

These plans are bad for the West, bad for jobs, and bad for sage-grouse.

More Federal regulation is not helping sage-grouse and their habitats; in fact, it is hurting.

Simply put, had Utah been mandated to implement a Nevada plan, or a California plan, or anything less than a tailored solution, much more of Utah would have quite literally gone up in smoke and our grouse population would have suffered.