Ryan Zinke actually said...

"It is your policy that critical minerals should be sourced from countries that are stewards of the environment, like the U.S. and our allies, or sourced from Russia and China that don't share our same..."

"I encourage us all to look at maybe a pilot program on a forest scale of, you know, that scale, and look at it and see if we can do longer-term contracts."

"The species has recovered. It has brilliantly recovered. I think we should celebrate and bring those sources, resources to other species that are challenged."

"And of course, I am fully supportive of all the funding concerns. We are so far behind to not meet our treaty obligations."