Editing Rob Bishop (section)

==U.S. House of Representatives==
In 2002, Bishop returned to politics when he ran for the Republican nomination in the 1st District. 22-year incumbent [[James V. Hansen|Jim Hansen]] had recently announced his retirement. At the state Republican convention, he finished first in the seven-candidate field and went on to face State Representative [[Kevin Garn]] in a primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=217675|title=Our Campaigns - UT District 1 - R Convention Race|access-date=7 February 2017|archive-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919115627/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=217675|url-status=live}}</ref> He defeated Garn in that primary with 59.8 percent of the vote, all but assuring him of being the next congressman from this heavily Republican district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Campaigns - UT District 1 - R Primary Race|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27465|access-date=7 February 2017|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914120055/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27465|url-status=live}}</ref> As expected, he won the general election with 61% of the vote. He has won re-election in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 with even larger margins. In 2014, he was reelected with 64% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fahys|first1=Judy|title=Replican Bishop Returns to Congress in 1st District|url=http://kuer.org/post/republican-bishop-returns-congress-1st-district|access-date=20 November 2014|agency=KUER 90.1|publisher=NPR|date=5 November 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129024035/http://kuer.org/post/republican-bishop-returns-congress-1st-district|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2016 election cycle, 92.6% of contributions to Bishop's political campaign came from outside Utah, the highest out-of-state percentage of any member of the House, with much of the contributions coming from the energy and [[agribusiness]] sectors, according to an analysis by [[OpenSecrets]].<ref name=npr20170205/><ref>{{cite news |title=For campaign cash, many lawmakers use a big map; Rob Bishop nears 93 percent out-of-state |first=Emma |last=Baccellieri |date=July 8, 2016 |publisher=[[OpenSecrets]] |access-date=February 5, 2017 |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/07/for-campaign-cash-many-lawmakers-use-a-big-map-rob-bishop-tops-the-out-of-state-list/ |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203173536/https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/07/for-campaign-cash-many-lawmakers-use-a-big-map-rob-bishop-tops-the-out-of-state-list/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Political positions===
==== Federalism ====
In 2010 Bishop introduced to the House an amendment to the [[United States Constitution]], known as the "repeal amendment," which would allow a majority vote of the states to overturn any act of the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Zernike |first=Kate |author-link=Kate Zernike |title=Proposed Amendment would Enable States to Repeal Federal Law |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 20, 2010 |access-date=February 6, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/us/politics/20states.html |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620022123/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/us/politics/20states.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Land use and the environment ====
Bishop supports repeal of the [[Endangered Species Act of 1973]], saying it has been "hijacked" to control land and block economic development, and that he "would love to invalidate" the law.<ref>{{cite news |title=GOP Wants to Change Endangered Species Act |date=January 17, 2017 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0118/Endangered-Species-Act-get-ready-for-big-changes-says-GOP |access-date=February 5, 2017 |first1=Matthew |first2=Matthew |last1=Brown |last2=Daly |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204184148/http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0118/Endangered-Species-Act-get-ready-for-big-changes-says-GOP |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c4809b5e9f4641ffa45e09b390030293|title=GOP targets landmark Endangered Species Act for big changes|work=The Big Story|access-date=2017-03-11|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209105406/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c4809b5e9f4641ffa45e09b390030293|url-status=live}}</ref> Bishop is among those most critical of the [[Antiquities Act]].<ref name=npr20170205>{{cite news |title=Utah Representative Wants Bears Ears Gone And He Wants Trump To Do It |date=February 5, 2017 |first=Kirk |last=Siegler |author-link=Kirk Siegler |access-date=February 5, 2017 |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/02/05/513492389/utah-representative-wants-bears-ears-gone-and-he-wants-trump-to-do-it |publisher=[[NPR]] |work=[[Weekend Edition]] |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205141355/http://www.npr.org/2017/02/05/513492389/utah-representative-wants-bears-ears-gone-and-he-wants-trump-to-do-it |url-status=live }}</ref> Bishop opposed the designation of the [[Bears Ears National Monument]] and supports repealing or shrinking the designation.<ref name=npr20170205/><ref>{{cite news |last=Davenport |first=Coral |title=Obama Designates Monuments in Nevada and Utah |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 29, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/politics/obama-national-monument-bears-ears-utah-gold-butte.html |archive-date=April 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409132142/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/politics/obama-national-monument-bears-ears-utah-gold-butte.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Bishop supports transferring federal public lands to the states.<ref>{{cite news |title=Congress moves to give away national lands, discounting billions in revenue |first=Heather |last=Hansman |date=January 19, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/bureau-land-management-federal-lease |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100416/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/bureau-land-management-federal-lease |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this, Bishop sponsored a successful amendment to the 2006 [[National Defense Authorization Act]] to create the [[Cedar Mountain Wilderness]], specifically to block transportation access to the [[Private Fuel Storage]] nuclear storage facility on [[Goshute]]'s [[Skull Valley Indian Reservation]] land in [[Tooele County]].<ref name="FahysQuits">Judy Fahys, [http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/politics/55513674-90/consortium-friday-license-nrc.html.csp Utah N-waste site backers call it quits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001185723/https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/politics/55513674-90/consortium-friday-license-nrc.html.csp |date=2020-10-01 }}, ''Salt Lake Tribune'' (December 21, 2012).</ref><ref name="nrc0620">{{Cite web |title=Policy Issue Notation Vote SECY-06-0020 |work=nrc.gov |date=1 February 2006 |access-date=3 August 2020 |url=https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2006/secy2006-0020/2006-0020scy.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024043428/https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2006/secy2006-0020/2006-0020scy.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2011, Bishop introduced a budget amendment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robbishop.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=225394|title=Bishop Introduces Amendment to Defund National Landscape Conservation System|date=16 February 2011|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303053626/http://robbishop.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=225394|archive-date=3 March 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Self-published source|date=February 2017}}</ref> that would have defunded the [[National Landscape Conservation System]], which manages 27 million acres of [[Bureau of Land Management]] land, including the [[U.S. National Monument|National Monument]], [[National Conservation Area]], [[National Wilderness Preservation System|National Wilderness Preservation]], [[National Wild and Scenic Rivers]], [[National Scenic Trail]], [[National Historic Trail]] systems and other systems. After coming under fire for introducing this amendment,<ref>{{cite news |title=Groups blast Bishop over 'gutting' landscape conservation |first=Amy Joi |last=O'Donoghue |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705366847/Groups-blast-Bishop-over-gutting-landscape-conservation.html |access-date=July 5, 2011 |date=February 16, 2011 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]] |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907083920/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705366847/Groups-blast-Bishop-over-gutting-landscape-conservation.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bishop withdrew it.

On April 10, 2013, Bishop introduced the [[Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act]]. The bill would amend the [[Antiquities Act of 1906]] to subject [[National monument (United States)|national monument]] declarations by the President to the [[National Environmental Policy Act of 1969]] (NEPA).<ref name="1459sum">{{cite web|title=H.R. 1459 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1459|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=24 March 2014|archive-date=3 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403070404/http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1459|url-status=live}}</ref> At present, the [[President of the United States]] can unilaterally designate areas of federally-owned land as a national monument, whereas national parks and other areas are required to be enacted into law by the [[United States Congress]].<ref name="IBTjohanson">{{cite news|last=Johanson|first=Mark|title=GOP Bill Could Mean 'No More National Parks,' Public Land Advocates Warn|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/gop-bill-could-mean-no-more-national-parks-public-land-advocates-warn-1563152|access-date=24 March 2014|newspaper=International Business Times|date=24 March 2014|archive-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328085844/http://www.ibtimes.com/gop-bill-could-mean-no-more-national-parks-public-land-advocates-warn-1563152|url-status=live}}</ref> Bishop argued that "the American people deserve the opportunity to participate in land-use decisions regardless of whether they are made in Congress or by the President". He claims his new bill would ensure "that new national monuments are created openly with consideration of public input".<ref name="IBTjohanson" />

In March 2019, Bishop said that "the ideas behind the Green New Deal are tantamount to [[genocide]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/rob-bishop-green-new-deal-tantamount-genocide/index.html|title=Republican lawmaker: Green New Deal 'tantamount to genocide'|author=Elizabeth Landers|website=CNN|date=14 March 2019|access-date=2019-03-15|archive-date=2019-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314231331/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/rob-bishop-green-new-deal-tantamount-genocide/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Asked to elaborate how this was similar to genocide, Bishop answered, "I’m an ethnic. I’m a westerner."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/gop-lawmaker-compares-green-new-deal-to-genocide-d2a52031-a66d-4f23-af55-0958233d3526.html|title=GOP lawmaker: Green New Deal is like genocide|website=Axios|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15|archive-date=2019-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315081226/https://www.axios.com/gop-lawmaker-compares-green-new-deal-to-genocide-d2a52031-a66d-4f23-af55-0958233d3526.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Asked whether he believed that the Green New Deal would kill him, Bishop said, "If you actually implement everything they want to. Killing would be positive if you implement everything the Green New Deal actually wants to. That’s why the Green New Deal is not ready for prime time."<ref name=":0" />

==== Utah GOP closed primary ====
Bishop was chairman of the Utah Republican Party when the decision was made to close primaries to nonparty members in the late 1990s. The Utah Democratic party holds open primaries. When asked about Democrats changing their party affiliation to vote in the 2020 Republican primary, he replied "instead of piddling around with the Republican primary. Doing it this way ... the best you can call it is dishonorable. It really is a slimy way of doing things." He said the only reason Democrats are attempting to "pervert the process" is to help advance a candidate. "That's inherently wrong," Bishop said.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Utah GOP voter registrations up, Democrats and other parties down for primary|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/utah-gop-voter-registrations-up-democrats-and-other-parties-down-for-primary/ar-BB15QMCb|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> In an editorial, Bishop restated his view: "A leading Democrat wants to create havoc in the system. For what aim? Maybe to elect the 'correct' candidates? Maybe to help Democrats have a bigger voice in the elections?"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bishop|first=Rob|date=2020-05-05|title=Rep. Rob Bishop: How I intend to fix Utah's broken election system|url=https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/5/5/21248133/rob-bishop-utah-election-sb54-lieutenant-governor-candidate|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-date=2020-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517125021/https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/5/5/21248133/rob-bishop-utah-election-sb54-lieutenant-governor-candidate|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
* '''[[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|Committee on Natural Resources – Ranking Member]]'''
** [[United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands|Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bishop Returns to House Natural Resources Committee|url=http://robbishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=315833|access-date=2012-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216165733/http://robbishop.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=315833|archive-date=2013-02-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* '''[[United States House Committee on Armed Services|House Armed Services Committee]]'''

===Caucus memberships===
* [http://robbishop.house.gov/10thAmendment/ Tenth Amendment Task Force] (Co-Founder)
* Second Amendment Task Force
* Congressional Lupus Caucus
* House GOP Policy Committee (Vice Chair)
* Co-founder of the Western States Coalition
* past Chairman of the [[Congressional Western Caucus]]
* [[Tea Party Caucus]]
* [[Republican Study Committee]]
* [[House Baltic Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=19 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619215630/https://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Congressional Constitution Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|publisher=Congressional Constitution Caucus|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=8 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308004451/https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Co-Chair)
*[[Congressional Western Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|access-date=25 June 2018|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502203316/https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=1 August 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Electoral history===
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|+ {{ushr|Utah|1|}}: Results 2002–2008<ref name="clerkresults">{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |access-date=2008-01-10 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives |archive-date=2007-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070725184700/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
!|Year
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!|Votes
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|[[U.S. House election, 2002|2002]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dave Thomas
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |66,104
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |37%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Rob Bishop'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |109,265
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |61%
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|{{Party shading/Green}} |Craig Axford
|{{Party shading/Green}} |[[Green Party (United States)|Green]]
|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |4,027
|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |2%
| |'''*'''
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|[[U.S. House election, 2004|2004]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Steven Thompson}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |85,630
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |29%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Rob Bishop'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |199,615
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |68%
|
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} |Charles Johnston
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} |[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} align="right" |4,510
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} align="right" |2%
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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Richard W. Soderberg
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Personal Choice Party|Personal Choice]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |4,206
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1%
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|-
|[[U.S. House election, 2006|2006]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Steven Olsen
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |57,922
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |32%
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Rob Bishop'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |112,546
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |63%
|
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} |Mark Hudson
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} |[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} align="right" |5,539
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} align="right" |3%
|
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Lynn Badler
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2,467
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1%
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|-
|[[U.S. House election, 2008|2008]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Morgan Bowen
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |87,139
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |30.4%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Rob Bishop'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |186,031
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |65.0%
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|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} |Kirk D. Pearson
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} |[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} align="right" |6,861
|{{Party shading/ConstitutionUSA}} align="right" |2.4%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Joseph G. Buchman
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |6,287
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2.2%
|
|}