Rob Bishop

Oversight is the responsibility of Congress, and it is good. And when it is bipartisan it can yield good results.

However, our Department, under the Trump administration has produced 12,000 documents that are over 100,000 pages.

I was hoping the gentleman would insert me as well. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the opportunity of being here. We are here today on day two of the Democrat week of energy proposals. And once again, we will quote Earl Weaver when he went out to…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 225, noes 193, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 530] AYES--225 Adams…

I don't want to try to be snarky on these kinds of amendments, but it is already being done. It is a nice concept. It was stopped, but it has also started again. So this calls for a study to continue and resume. They have already done it…

Once again, I am somewhat confused as to the point and direction of this particular amendment. If it is about the military line, this amendment does nothing to it. If it is about protecting the coast of Florida, this amendment does nothing…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 248, nays 180, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 521]…

I include in the Record a letter in strong opposition to the bill signed by over 20 entities, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Consumer Energy Alliance, and the Laborers' International Union of North America, and a letter in…

I include in the Record a Statement of Administrative Policy on this particular bill. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 205--Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019--Rep. Rooney, R-FL, and 18 cosponsors H.R…

In the original speech the gentleman from Rhode Island said he yielded back the balance of his time. Had he not yielded in the first speech?

The administration, rightfully, took a second look at the well control and production safety system rule that was implemented by the prior administration. They didn't make a whole lot of changes. About a 17 percent change to the overall…

I am sorry. Had that actually been said after the first speech, I would have reserved. But I have yielded back. I am done with this. Unless you really want to go on, I would urge the gentleman to yield back and we will go on with the vote.

Clearly, the best thing that can be said about this amendment is it is the last one of this particular bill, and we can move on. The negative part that I have to say about this amendment is the same thing I said about the other amendments…

Woman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson).

This amendment is perhaps well-intentioned. I am going to make that assumption. But the problem with this amendment is it is not a comprehensive amendment. The goal of this amendment is to specifically illustrate what kinds of issues will…

I also include in the Record a letter of strong opposition to the bill by over 20 entities, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Consumer Energy Alliance, and a letter in opposition from the Laborers' International Union of North…

Once again, I appreciate the opportunity to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), someone who realizes that not only does the base bill stop drilling, but if you add one of the amendments they have, you are going to…

I appreciate the last gentleman's statements. He may remember he still has the land range in Utah to use. Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Chair, I respect the bill's…

I am going to end with the final conclusion, again, that it is a redundancy because it is already being done. Why don't you just mandate that everything we are doing in every other department be done at the same time? It would have the…

I guess kind of in opposition. It really is not in opposition to the amendment in and of itself, except it illustrates some of the problems the Democrats have in creating this approach to an energy policy coming through here, because the…

Once again, same thing: It is superfluous. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Rouda). The amendment was agreed to.

I am opposed to this amendment simply because the seismic activity that we are talking about has not been updated since the 1980s. So the biggest problem we have in here is, if you are going to do it with the Atlantic, you are doing this…

If the gentleman asks nicely. Yes. I am waiting for one more speaker coming over who may or may not be here.

I will make it easier for him. I yield back the balance of my time.

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Utah is recognized for 5 minutes.