Ryan Zinke
Conservative
Republican
House Representative
Montana - District 1
Current Position: US House Representative MT-1
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For repealing the estate tax
Health Care
- Against the Affordable Care Act
Environment
- Against transferring federal lands to individual states
- For rescinding the ban on lead bullets and lead fishing tackle in national wildlife refuges
- For reducing the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 85% and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by 46%
- For opening federal lands for oil, gas and mineral exploration and extraction
- For lifting import ban on elephant and big-game trophies from Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Against the proposed sale of over 1.2 million acres of public lands in the One Big Beautiful Bill
- For increased coal production with environmental safeguards; supported clean coal over petroleum-based fuels
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; endorsed by Montana Right to Life Association
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For the use of ground troops in the Middle East to combat ISIS
- Against House Concurrent Resolution 21 to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days
- For prohibiting individuals with Palestinian Authority passports from entering or seeking refuge in the US