Ryan K. Zinke

7 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

• Representative MT 2015–present

• background U.S. Navy SEAL from 1986 to 2008, retiring as commander
• achievement First SEAL elected to U.S. House of Representatives
• role U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 2017 to 2019
• controversy Interior IG report concluded ethics rule violations and false statements to investigators
• role U.S. Representative for Montana's 1st congressional district since 2023

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2018 cycle: $1,326 · 24 receipts

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 13
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 145 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 13 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 7
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Ryan K. Zinke. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Appropriations Committee
• Foreign Affairs Committee
• Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
• Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Zinke most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Zinke connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov