Ryan Zinke: “We need to fix our stuff; so the priority in this budget was fixing our stuff first.”

I remind the subcommittee that its trust and treaty obligations exist irrespective of any self-imposed budgeting caps.

I urge the subcommittee to support prompt passage of the bipartisan TERRA Act. There is no time to waste.

I thank you, Chairman Simpson and Representative Kilmer, for your vision and leadership on the TERRA Act.

We’ve kicked the can long enough.