Congress

Montana Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke along with New Mexico Democrat Congressman Gabe Vasquez announced the introduction of the bipartisan Wildlife Corridors on Working Lands Act, a bill designed to amend the 2024 Farm Bill to direct the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide more resources and incentives for farmers and ranchers to increase habitat connectivity and wildlife movement on working lands. 

This week at a House Appropriations Transportation Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee hearing, Congressman Ryan Zinke grilled acting Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Adrianne Todman on the $4.5 million HUD diverted from the Montana Housing Authorities (MHA) reserves by the agency. The reserves are used for financial assistance for renters in Montana who are currently grappling with an extreme affordability and availability issue thanks to decades-high inflation and skyrocketing housing costs in Montana. 

Today in a House Appropriations Interior, Environment and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing, Congressman Ryan Zinke pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan on the Biden Administration targeting Montana’s primary source of energy, Colstrip, with new power plant rules signed on April 25, 2024. The rules include a blitz of regulations designed – in the words of EPA administrator Michael Regan – to force accelerated retirements of the coal fleet. 

Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke released the following statement in opposition to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final Conservation and Landscape Health rule.

Today, former Secretary of the Interior and current Congressman Ryan Zinke questioned current Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in a House Appropriations Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing about the Department’s predatory litigation against the Range Riders, Kalispell’s Pioneer League baseball team.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke announced the passage of H.R. 6493, the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act, a comprehensive, bicameral legislation package that includes Zinke’s bipartisan Gateway Communities and Recreation Enhancement Act introduced with Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola in May 2023.

KALISPELL, MT – Yesterday, Congressman Ryan Zinke joined stakeholders from Lake, Glacier and Flathead Counties and Kalispell City Officials for ceremonial check presentations to celebrate the nearly $6 million in grant funding to support five separate public safety and infrastructure projects.