Rob Bishop

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I think I thank the gentleman from Ohio for that introduction. Since 1857, if I count correctly, John Sullivan is the 19th Parliamentarian we have had in the House of Representatives, even though the term actually wasn't used officially…

I am very pleased to speak in favor of the underlying bill. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Rigell) knows his constituents; he knows the needs there and has worked very hard for their benefit. This, as we already discussed and voted, is…

Let me try and once again put this in perspective. The Federal Government, in and of itself, owns no land, especially in one of the original 13 States. Virginia had the land and gave it to the Federal Government. In 1976, the Federal…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 587 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 587 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

I am obviously in favor of consideration of this resolution. The question before the House is: Shall the House now consider House Resolution 587? While the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill, the…

For purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

Once again, the rule does not waive an earmark, because there are no earmarks. It is a general waiver that is in there. If one were to look back at the past three Congresses, official bills that have been prepared that are very similar to…

The resolution provides for a modified open rule for the consideration of H.R. 2087, a bill to remove certain restrictions from a parcel of land that's situated in the Atlantic District of Accomack County, in Virginia. It provides for 1…

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the sponsor of this bill, who will once again try to describe to this body how this county land should stay with the county and needs to be dealt with by the county and all we have to do is remove an…

Unfortunately, eight of the 12 members of the Commission are Members of Congress, so I certainly hope Congress does have some expertise in this area; otherwise, we are all screwed.

I certainly hope, as we go forward with this, that there will be a broad consensus of what is going forward.

I do want to see a very good, a very accurate memorial to General Eisenhower and President Eisenhower.

Hearing held on Tuesday, March 20, 2012

I know that everyone, critics and advocates alike, want a memorial, a monument, that truly honors President Eisenhower.

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock), who is the chair of the subcommittee that heard this particular bill. Mr. McCLINTOCK. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this rule brings to…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 570 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 570 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), the sponsor of this particular bill, who will talk about how to create real power using water resources that we have. (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given permission…

For the purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

This resolution provides for a modified open rule for the consideration of H.R. 2842, succinctly titled the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011. It provides for 1 hour of general debate…

I am grateful that we have found new sources of energy, specifically oil and natural gas, on private property because it has not allowed the Federal Government to stop the development of those, and that is the growth that we have seen in…

At this time, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Nunes), who is the sponsor of this bipartisan piece of legislation, to talk about his particular underlying bill.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 566 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 566 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

With gratitude to the last speaker, this may be about California water, but it impacts all of us who eat, and as you can tell, I am one who does that very well. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. McCotter). Mr. McCOTTER…

I remind the body, once again, that 9 out of the 10 amendments were made in order, and the only one that was not made in order had a question of its germaneness to the body here. I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from…