Congressman Rob Bishop addressed public lands as a part of Sutherland’s 2018 Congressional Event Series. Below is a collection of live tweets from the event. For a full recording, the speech and panel discussions were streamed live via Facebook.
TODAY: @RobBishopUT "How a government views property is a window to the soul of that government."
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: @RobBishopUT refers to “No more red tape bill” https://t.co/XIyy7WIELm#utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: @RobBishopUT on public lands said in recent land use disputes, the winners seem to be those who have the loudest or meanest advocates. #utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: @RobBishopUT "We need to use resources from public lands to maintain public lands." #utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: @RobBishopUT said the @forestservice was first established not to protect scenery or animals but so there would be a permanent supply of timber for building. #utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: @RepRobBishop said wildfires are better managed by state and private entities. #utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: @RobBishopUT on navigating the politics to take up new policy measures: The partisan divide is not as significant as the geological divide. Those of us in the West are much more interested in these positions. #utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: On a panel discussion on public lands, Wade Garrett, director of public policy at the Utah Farm Bureau, said, “Smokey the Bear was another government campaign gone wrong.” #utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
TODAY: In a public lands discussion on moving the @BLMNational to the West, Wade Garrett said, "There are people in the BLM who make decisions for the West who have never even been to the West." #utpol #SutherlandEvents
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
Thank you @RobBishopUT for joining us today on a discussion about public lands in Utah. #utpol #SutherlandEvents pic.twitter.com/4COiWPIYWH
— Sutherland Institute (@SutherlandInst) September 10, 2018
