Ryan Zinke: “Upfront, public lands are not a Republican or a Democrat or red or blue issue, they are a red, white, and blue issue.”

I am particularly concerned about home ownership, you know. And I understand helping people through a rough spot in housing, but ultimately it has always been about home ownership.

I think we all get that.

I urge this subcommittee to support significantly increased funding for Indian Country, especially chronically underfunded tribal environmental resiliency programs.

Father Sean Raftis is originally from Spokane, Washington, the son of James and Catherine Raftis. He has a brother, of course, Pat. He was a kid who grew up in a fine town in Spokane. He attended Gonzaga Prep and Gonzaga University in his…