Ryan Zinke

We are the headwaters, you know? We are the source water of that, and we aim to find justice in this settlement.

The Blackfeet Nation are warriors. They have fought for over 100 years to protect their culture and their traditions.

I offer amendment No. 10 as the designee of Mrs. Lummis from the great State of Wyoming. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the…

This amendment is about ensuring that our nuclear deterrence that has protected this country for over 70 years remains strong and viable. Yesterday, this body passed a measure to keep our nukes safe. It is now time to ensure they are ready…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the following new section: SEC. 16__. REQUESTS FOR FORCES TO…

Well, how soon we forget why they are there. How soon we forget. Why are they there? Go to New York and look at the names engraved of the ladder men, the commercial pilots, the innocent. I did a lot to put them there. I don't remember…

I would like to say thank you to everyone for working on this bill and doing slight amendments to ensure that we have a fair and open competition but yet not delay the problem. I think we can all understand that we need to replace the…

I think we need more scientists and less lawyers in the woods.

the best management decisions are made at the local level, by the local people, working together with the local Federal agency people and the community.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 719 and my companion bill, H.R. 1521, to honor Montana Medal of Honor recipients Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt and rename the…

I rise on behalf of the women of Montana to advocate for renaming the Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Grant Program to honor former Montana Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin. Yes, I do hold her seat and, yes, she held the first seat in…

I don't see the requirements for SOF going down. Every committee hearing I have been to in the last year here the solution set is always add SOF, always add SOF.

I think all of us would be interested to know what the unintended consequences are on this so we can look at it and see if it adversely affects your mission.

I continue to believe that it is paramount that we get this new information and premature for the Department of Interior to make any decisions until new information has been received.

The Congress shall have the power to dispose and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or the property belonging to the United States.

But it becomes even more of a threat if we don't take action of something.

How much of a threat do you think our southern border is for infiltration of weapons of mass destruction, particularly chemical?

We in the coal-producing States in the West do pay the majority of AML fees every year, a reminder that Montana and Wyoming have more coal than anyone else in the world. Yet, this language would rip away funding of the AML from our…

Since Congress failed to stop the President's Iranian deal, we have watched Iran launch two ICBMs.

I do agree with your assessment of ISIS, but I also don't think Al Qaeda is out of the game.

To clarify, this amendment does not violate treaty rights, and to suggest it does is disingenuous and false. This is about fairness. It is not about two tribes. It is about fairness of a process. It would be unprecedented for the Army…

But would you agree that the imminent threat, the imminent threat, the 5-yard, 5-meter threat, the most damaging threat facing us today would be ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the non-nation-state terrorist activities?

This week we celebrate National Forest Products Week, and I rise to recognize the important contributions of our wood products across Montana and the country. In my home State alone, we have more than 20 million acres of timber. We have 12…

Today I rise in opposition to the President's veto and ask my colleagues to override it. I come before this body not only as a Representative of the great State of Montana, but also a former commander of SEAL Team Six and a former deputy…

Today I rise to pay tribute to a Billings resident, a World War II veteran, and a fabled member of the Army 10th Mountain Division K Company, Chuck Hauptman. Seventy years ago, the young lieutenant was crawling on his belly up Mount…