Rob Bishop

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

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

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.

That is pure, unadulterated balderdash.

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

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…

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…

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…

The trend for this Administration seems to be that the end justifies the means.

This draft guidance sets the stage for potentially sweeping Federal overreach by pushing agencies to examine greenhouse gas emissions that are beyond their ability to control or regulate the impacts.

The draft guidance is overly broad, expansive, it goes outside the scope of NEPA.

I am highly dubious, and will listen closely to the testimony today for evidence whether or not that is the case.

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.

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 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.

What you are proposing now will be used in the courts, and that is not what we are all about.

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

The draft guidance acknowledges it is 'not legally enforceable.' In other words, it is unlawful.

The results will force more delays, more costs onto economic and energy-related activities nationwide.

I find the consequences of agenda-driven science offensive and pernicious.

At every level a lack of accountability let the bureaucracy, or even the bully, win and our constituents, our friends, our neighbors, and our families paid with their livelihoods and their safety.

As was just mentioned before, this bill authorizes the study, which is the appropriate first step in all these types of procedures. Any designation of a trail would require additional action from this committee and this Congress. With…

I find it even more egregious when such science is financed by public dollars and advanced by federal agencies.

I appreciate listening to the testimony that was here.

The proposed rule to Part 83 does not uphold high standards. It guts them. The proposal is fundamentally flawed.