Steve Daines: “Back in 1979, there was a junior from Bozeman High School and another junior from Whitefish High School, both headed to…”

“Back in 1979, there was a junior from Bozeman High School and another junior from Whitefish High School, both headed to Dillon, MT, as Boys State delegates. The keynote speaker that year was a newly elected U.S. Senator named Max Baucus. Who knew that 38 years later the kid from Bozeman would serve as a U.S. Senator and the kid from Whitefish would be our next Secretary of the Interior. Congratulations to Ryan Zinke, our new Secretary of the Interior, who was confirmed with very strong bipartisan support. He is the first Montanan to serve in a President's Cabinet since our statehood in 1889. Ryan, it is truly an honor to be one of the very first to call you Secretary Zinke. On behalf of the people of Montana and our country, well done, sir. I yield back my time.”