Rob Bishop

We can do it because we are Congress and we write the laws. That is a guarantee for you.

The collaborative management approach that has been suggested for Bears Ears National Monument cannot legally be done. It violates the law.

By 2013, the national monument threat had spawned a collaborative effort in which Representatives Bishop and Chaffetz solicited input from stakeholders via each county in eastern Utah.

Secretary Jewell, you came to Utah seeking local input. Unfortunately, what you saw and what you heard was theater staged by radical environmentalist outsiders intent on smothering local voices.

It must be nice, it must be nice to have Washington on your side.

There are shrill voices out there realizing that if we actually bring finality in this issue, they will be out of work.

What this bill tries to do is four major things, bring finality in four areas.

I want it to be noted that this is not the hearing of this bill, it is a hearing of this bill.

It is up to our elected officials, such as Chairman Bishop and Commissioner Rebecca Benally, to represent their local residents and be held accountable for their land use choices.

I'm not sure who President Obama thinks he is accountable to, but here in Congress we believe it's our constituents.

If successful, I would suggest naming it the 'Incinerated Forest National Monument,' where schoolchildren can come to see what the surface of the moon looks like.

This President has relied on the Antiquities Act--originally written in 1906 to provide temporary protection of archeological sites from looting--to lock up 548 million acres of land and water on whim.

This bill preempts arbitrary and capricious designations threatened in the final throes of the Obama administration.

This President has relied on the Antiquities Act, originally written in 1906, to provide temporary protection for archeological sites from looting, to lock up 548 million acres of land and water on a whim.

Most importantly, this bill preempts arbitrary and capricious designations threatened in the final throes of the Obama administration.

This creates enormous problems and economic distress on the communities that are impacted by Federal land ownership, and the bill before us is a result of many years of work, collaboration, and compromise by Chairman Bishop and Congressman…

Of all the bills I have seen during this Congress, I believe no one has tried harder to adhere to these principles than Chairman Bishop in the bill before us today, the 'Utah Public Lands Initiative Act.'

Hearing held on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.

No, there's no way under existing law that you can have the co-management that the Administration is talking about.

If the President issues a proclamation under the Antiquities Act saying I, President Barack Obama, hereby designate the Bears Ears as a national monument...

The pairing of new wilderness and other conservation designations with broadly supported land exchanges

Well, you know, this committee is considering Senate proposals to dismember the AT&L organization, and it doesn't really help us to support the continued existence when necessary programs seem to be delayed and not necessarily…

I appreciate the report. I appreciate your coming here and testifying, and I appreciate your bringing this to light, not only to the public in your report, but also to the committee.

I also understand that discrimination against veterans and the continual rewriting of job postings did ultimately result in the employment of her former nephew, by marriage.

The report details an incidence involving improper hiring and discrimination against veterans in the Office of the Secretary.