Congressman Zinke’s Statement on Public Land Sales Removal from the Senate Reconciliation Bill “We defended our San Juan Hill”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, a provision selling millions of acres of public lands was removed from the Senate Reconciliation Bill, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Congressman Zinke had expressed unequivocal opposition to the provision and joined five of his House colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson stating, “If a provision to sell public lands is in the bill that reaches the House floor, we will be forced to vote no.”

 Congressman Ryan Zinke issued the following statement in response to the removal of the provision:

 TR would be proud. Bully! We defended our San Juan Hill, and we won.

 The SEALs taught me to Never Quit and to always rely on my teammates. Both were keys to our public lands victory. We always had backup plans, and we had the greatest coalition of support I've seen. Public lands are not red or blue, they are red, white and blue. They belong to all of us whether we're from Massachusetts or Montana.

 I greatly appreciate the work of my colleagues in the House and Senate who were leaders either publicly or behind closed doors, particularly Senators Sheehy, Daines, Crapo, Risch, Chairman Simpson, and Speaker Johnson. And Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum who made it clear that mass land sales was not the Trump agenda. They are the Rough Riders.

 I look forward to voting for President Donald J. Trump's Big Beautiful Bill (again) to deliver historic tax cuts for Montanans, strengthen social safety net programs, secure the border for good, and get our country back on track to fiscal sanity.

 Next mission, appropriations!

 Last month, after unrelenting effort from Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01), a similar provision selling more than 450,000 acres of public land was stripped from the House version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,”. The House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” without public land sales and with Congressman Zinke’s vote.

 Read more about Congressman Zinke removing public land sales from the House Reconciliation Bill here.

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