Rob Bishop

I appreciate that opportunity and, in honor of our Senators being here, this is the beginning of a filibuster.

Categorical exclusion is part of NEPA.

Yes, the Administration should be here to answer why they did what they did, and what the rationale is for doing it, but they are not here.

So the good supervisor will still get her tourism dollars going into that area.

I hope you recognize that when you go after that water in central and eastern Nevada you leave western Utah alone.

We import the 92 percent of the uranium that we use in this country. I understand about 25 percent of that comes from Russia?

We meet today in a hearing that may actually be a moot issue, which is legal talk for useless.

There are places in the canyon, like Orphan Mine, that the government has refused to reclaim.

if you would write that guarantee in your bill, it might be a better bill, obviously.

Not only was the letter ignored, but there were no answers to any of those questions given before his unilateral action.

Is it my understanding you are not speaking on behalf of NACO today but only as Coconino County?

would wind or solar farms harm or have a greater impact on elk than mining?

I just want to--appreciate your being here. I appreciate Pedro, what he is doing here...

a Representative in Congress from the State of Utah

This line of reasoning is misguided. Although couched in language intended to convey respect for the Island's residents, this argument--if allowed to prevail--would resign the people of Puerto Rico to yet another century of voicelessness.

This bill shows the highest respect for the people of Puerto Rico by refusing to mislead them.

H.R. 2499 would--at long last--provide them with this opportunity.

I feel that H.R. 2499 allows the people of Puerto Rico more opportunities to define their political status.

The fact is that the legally-viable status choices available to Puerto Rico are crystal clear, no matter how loudly some may insist otherwise.

This argument is flawed. Before a single vote has been cast, critics of the bill have used their crystal ball to predict the results.

It just seems so painfully obvious that we must have a mechanism that addresses problems that exist throughout a corporate structure.

I certainly, Mr. Chairman, respect your concerns about tax inequity.

the arts and their importance to our country and to our economy

I want to very much associate myself with Congresswoman Slaughter's testimony, and three points in particular.

The importance of exposing our children. We are lucky to be in a school district that my kids do have art every week.