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Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke urged Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton to increase the release of water from Hungry Horse Reservoir to stabilize water levels in Flathead Lake ahead of the lake reaching historically low pool levels. Due to a rapid runoff and laws requiring the minimum flow at the SKQ Dam, the lake is expected to be 18-inches below full pool by mid-July.

The Office of Congressman Ryan Zinke announces the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) as a grant recipient of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) National Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) program. The CSKT were awarded $30,567,037 to support the rehabilitation of US93 from Dublin Gulch Road to Gunlock Road which includes construction of a multi-span bridge over Ninepipes Reservoir, implementation of traffic safety improvements, development of wildlife collision reduction infrastructure, roadway reconstruction, and development of a shared-use path.

Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke voted for H.J. Res. 44, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that would nullify the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) pistol brace rule the Biden Administration finalized in January 2023. “Biden and radical democrats in the House are taking every action possible to turn law-abiding Montana gun owners into felons – and I won’t stand for it. The latest attempt from the Biden Administration to erode our Second Amendment right falls right in line with the rest of their anti-Montana agenda,” Zinke said. “I was sent to D.C. to protect our Montana values and way of life against government overreach and unconstitutional regulations. I proudly cosponsored the legislation to overturn the Biden pistol brace ban and I hope my colleagues in the Senate, including Montana’s two U.S. Senators, side with Montana.”

Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke requested the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Executive Assistant Commissioner Pete Flores to expand hours of operation at ports of entry in Montana and other northern states to, at a minimum, match the operating hours with their adjacent Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) ports. Zinke and his colleagues also asked CBP to provide a response within 30 days from receiving the letter.

Congressmen Ryan Zinke (R-MT) and Congressman Donald Davis (D-NC), along with twelve additional colleagues including every Navy SEAL in Congress, introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs is granting veterans access to life-saving mental health care in their local communities. The legislation streamlines veteran’s community-based care by allowing expedited residential healthcare referrals when the local VA is at capacity. The bill also requires yearly tracking of referrals to be reported to Congress, and requires any alterations the VA may seek to make to community care standards be made by Congress, not the department.

Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke voted to secure our nation’s borders through the passage of House Republican's H.R. 2: the Secure the Border Act. The passage of H.R. 2 comes the day before the expiration of Title 42, an existing authority that allows the President to expel individuals illegally crossing the border for the duration of COVID-19. The passed legislation directs border wall construction, invests in security technology, and increases border personnel, and mends the asylum system where Biden has abused it.