Rob Bishop

I will also continue to press for the development and creation of true economic growth opportunities, like those I referenced earlier.

We are at a critical time in developing America's energy policy, and decisions we make today will have an impact...

This budget omits tens of millions of dollars spent to defend against frivolous lawsuits groups file against the Department.

It rewards friends, it punishes enemies, it listens to some and ignores others.

You cannot even find a commissioner who supports it.

The people who need to be cared about and need to be served are those that are not going to be heard in this particular budget.

There is no one in the state administration who supports it.

I have said, the only thing positive about the President's budget is that it will be his last.

In every national monument, you have at least had somebody in the local delegation dumb enough to support it.

I think we do need to approve that Compact.

the only thing positive about this budget is it is going to be the last one we are going to see.

I thank Mr. Wittman and Mr. Walz for working with our committee to bring this bipartisan bill together to protect hunting and shooting heritages. One of the things that I, as well as many of my colleagues, hear repeatedly from our…

We must facilitate good faith negotiations between creditors and debtors at all times.

I think this committee is uniquely situated to provide those kinds of recommendations that can actually help grow the economy.

It seems to me that once again the administration is clearly bypassing the intent of Congress.

Maximizing U.S. influence on global nuclear safety, security and nonproliferation is a concern of this Committee, and we cannot achieve this goal without an effective and efficient nuclear export authorization process.

I have the same concern about MOX, I am just not as civil as he is.

I think you have seen the direction that Congress has given in last year's NDAA. Any deviation from that would be problematic at best.

This is about fundamental justice.

If a bill seeks to extinguish our democracy at the local level, I will do everything in my power to defeat it.

Very soon, this committee, with Pierluisi's assistance, is going to be drafting legislation that is going to address the situation in Puerto Rico.

I think you are all talking about having the right people involved in making those decisions.

Before you try to come up with all sorts of clever and convoluted ways to respond to the crisis in Puerto Rico, you should simply extend to the territory those Federal programs and policies that have already proven effective in the states…

it is imperative to create a long-term fiscal and economic authority to address holistically and comprehensively all of Puerto Rico's issues

the problems that the island confronts today would not exist, or at least would not exist in such severe form.