Rob Bishop

In the same way Federal lands must be accessible to sportsmen and -women, so must our Federal waters as well. I concur with the gentleman that there is an access problem with the red snapper. The underlying bill extends the Gulf State…

I appreciate the courtesy you gave to the gentlewoman from Florida in allowing her to finish her statement. She illustrates very clearly how the problems that exist are structural problems that can't simply be solved if we just add more…

I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Jody B. Hice), another great worker and a member of our committee.

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), the sponsor of this piece of legislation. He is the senior member of our committee, as well as someone who knows more about this issue than probably anyone else on…

Bless you. I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Beyer).

I certainly don't want to break any protocols we may have. So, therefore, I want to echo what the gentleman from Oklahoma so brilliantly and so fluently and obviously not slowly enough said. With that, Mr. Speaker, once again, we will go…

I am going to speak very slowly as I am waiting for someone else to show up on the next bill and would, therefore, yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin) for another couple of anecdotes as to why…

As we begin the debate on this particular bill, I am pleased that the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith) is here with us to introduce this very effective and important bill. I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from…

Some of us believe very strongly that if a bureaucracy is not adequately responding to congressional oversight of the people's funds, then those funds should stop being sent by Congress to that nonresponsive bureaucracy.

The states are prepared, they are ready to move up; and, if we are going to be successful on this issue, we have to think things differently than we have done in the past.

We've taken enormous steps to avoid a listing and the accompanying Federal intervention only to have our efforts answered with a listing.

The greater sage grouse is fast becoming the 'new' northern spotted owl.

States are using resources wisely to recover species and keep them off the list. We should do more to encourage them.

Unfortunately, with less than 2 percent of the more than 1,500 listed species ever recovered, the law is failing.

It is not, as the Director said, nor is it right to have strongholds where wilderness-like restrictions over 16.5 million acres of land will be done.

That is pure, unadulterated balderdash.

The states are in charge of wildlife, and the states have a record of success in that obligation.

Cramming more species onto a list, or blocking millions of acres, including restricting even how our military can use lands for military training and readiness, is not a measure of success.

Forty years ago, the Endangered Species Act was passed with every good intention; but, despite some of the rhetoric coming from special interest groups and their claims, the reality is that less than 2 percent of the more than 1,500 listed…

As a member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, I oppose this amendment as wrong policy. Why would we rush headlong into unilateral disarmament at the same time Russia has not lived up to its treaty obligations with the INF treaty…

Whether one is talking about the sage grouse, which is yet to be listed, or the prairie chicken, which has been listed, it is true that each of those does have an impact on the readiness of our military. It does have an impact, and each…

I am just concerned, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding this hearing, because it is another example, I think, of a continued overreach, unnecessary, not needed.

I was interested to read the Director's testimony, where, on page four, there is more that I agree with there than I did in the actual guidance.

The social cost of carbon should not be referred to in the NEPA analysis.

I think what CEQ should do--and with respect--would be to develop guidance that is specific for these sectors, as opposed to a one-size-fits-all approach, which is misleading.