Ryan Zinke

That will be dead on arrival in this House.

We need to have a serious discussion about how to do more with less.

And also these mills, we have to guarantee them, to a degree, enough material so they can survive.

Are you aware it will take 2000 percent increase in 20 years to catch up of where we are today in critical minerals?

If you don't hook a kid by--the statistics were compelling. If you don't hook a young adult by the time he is 14 or so, you know, they don't develop the deep love for the land.

Eisenhower talked about the military industrial complex, and now we have firefighting industrial complex.

I am a military guy. I love a plan, but if we don't have a plan, I can tell you when we get there, it is not going to be what we think or oftentimes what we like.

I have told the Secretary of Energy not to cave that in because we are going to need a place to store the 52 or 53 Academy of Science studies that have been done on that.

there is probably nothing that is more divisive and more contentious than is this rule in the West with farmers and ranchers.

For the record, clean water does start in Montana.

Have you been to Palestine, Ohio.

Would you agree that the Village of King Cove deserves that same access to healthcare?

So is there a plan that you know of, of what are we going to do?

I am ready to have the necessary and tough deliberations about how best to spend our limited Federal resources.

But should the State have a say?

It is pretty much a 'yes' and 'no.' It is your policy, madam?

You ever been to Montana?

The Great American Outdoors Act solved that. As long as the money goes to infrastructure and not studies, I think we will be in pretty good shape.

We want to work with you and make sure you have the tools necessary to go after, and the goals are the same.

Is there a plan for a national depository, repository for this material? Or are we just pushing it?

I think the tribal pay is even worse.

Are you aware that China produces more emissions than any other country on the planet?

You also are aware that China is the biggest offender on illegal fishing.

Even Lewis and Clark recognized the Missouri was one the largest of channels in our country. I believe they said it was wider, cleaner, and more powerful. So for the record, clean water does start in Montana.

I think it has been like 30, 35 years now.