Rob Bishop

I also have a letter from the National Cattleman's Beef Association, the Oregon's Cattleman's Association, and the Public Lands Council that will be added to the record, as well.

Mr. Grijalva, do you wish to make an opening statement?

I appreciate all that.

The Navy's proposal to terminate the Tactical Tomahawk program beginning in Fiscal Year 2016 has the potential to decimate the defense industrial base that supports this weapons system.

If there were few concessions, would public access increase or decrease?

How do you decide where to charge entrance fees? Is it fair that some sites are free and some sites have fees?

There may be some additional questions that any member of the committee, present or not, may have for you.

I appreciate all of you, especially your patience in the inconvenience of sitting here while we broke for vote.

So, without objection, since no one is listening to me, it is part of the record.

So what do you predict would happen if concessionaires were required to take all passes?

Are there any standards that the agency has determined that these land managers at the local level use to determine whether they are going to collect fees or not?

I want to personally thank Representative Raul Ruiz for his leadership on this bill.

But to obtain these benefits our Federal land managing agencies must stop thinking they are like the Sheriff of Nottingham whose job it was to keep people from entering the King's Forest.

America's vast system of public lands can, if managed wisely, provide our country with a great abundance of outdoor recreation, wildlife habitat, energy, minerals timber and food.

Have you done any analysis on how much revenue is lost on these days?

I think there is a moral responsibility. And before we actually have to deal with legislation...give the money back.

I still think in your budget we spend too much on administration and not enough getting the money to the ground.

I fully support that letter and reason and rationale for the letter, and do not want the situation in Nevada to be exacerbated by moving the adjudication issues over to the State of Utah.

I also hope I can rely on you to work with us to, and I hate the cliche, but think outside the box to come up with more creative answers to the situations with which we are dealing.

I feel remiss if I was not here for your public presentation and grilling.

This amendment tries to clarify the process for monument designations of 5,000 acres or less, providing that they can become permanent if the President follows the regular NEPA public involvement process. There was a question on the…

I am actually prepared to close and will reserve the balance of my time until that time.

I, again, appreciate the gentleman from Colorado giving me the opportunity to speak about the issue that is at hand. I would even be happy if he would give me the opportunity to speak about a good immigration bill, which is mine, but since…

I thank the gentleman for giving me his time, which I would be happy to talk about the bill that is actually before us and will be here because it is a wonderful bill.

May I ask an inquiry? Was that for a vote on Tule Springs or something else? Apparently, it was something else.