Rob Bishop

There are special interest groups out there that are trying to confuse that, as if one is synonymous to the other; they are not.

To help overcome the negative views toward Clinton, a designation of a new monument would create a compelling reason to enthusiastically support the administration.

This time, we can do better. We can work it out for the American people and for Utah, in open discussion with honest brokers, congressional authority and the state of Utah's imprimatur.

The BLM will also fund the plan?

This Committee has passed out a CAP Act, which tries to put an established process that would guarantee, depending on the size, there would be public involvement before the designation, and conversely, if you are going to rescind or…

If this new monument is created, Commissioner Pollock, it will be right outside the town of Escalante.

If this had been done by congressional action or if this had been done by the administration working with the state of Utah, would you have solved these problems ahead of time?

Could it have been done better? Absolutely. But it needed to be done in a way that did not involve secrecy.

If the alleged letter only asked for information about Utah, it looked biased, but ask for a broader review and it would have been clear that there are more compelling areas for designation than Utah parks.

The Antiquities Act is unique, it is wrong, it is not democratic, and it needs to change.

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

the provisions of NEPA also created, for example, the CEQ, which came up with a sweeping climate change for regulatory guidance.

the law's implementation is a far cry from what President Nixon signed decades ago.

the purpose of our hearing today is examining ways of how we can fix a system that is not functioning the way it was intended.

the environment can have a review, and in a timely manner, and it does not have to be mutually exclusive.

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.

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…

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.

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

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

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.

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 have to strenuously oppose this particular amendment because it strikes one of the core provisions of this bill. From 1989 to 2008, there were 1,125 lawsuits filed against the Forest Service, and hundreds have been filed since that time…