{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/zinke-applauds-usfws-decision-grizzly-bears", "Zinke Applauds USFWS Decision on Grizzly Bears", "2026-07-14", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Ryan K. Zinke", "Z000018", "zinke.house.gov", "zinke", "https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke released the following statement applauding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s publication of a draft revision to the January 2025 4(d) rule that would give states greater flexibility to manage grizzly bears.\n\n\"This announcement is a long time coming and very good news for many communities and the wildlife within the Yellowstone ecosystem and across bear country,\" said Secretary Zinke. \"Like the bald eagle before it, the recovery of the grizzly stands as one of America\u2019s great conservation success stories - the culmination of decades of hard work and dedication on the part of the state, tribal, federal, and private partners. As a Montanan and former Secretary of the Interior who started this process, I\u2019m proud of what we\u2019ve achieved together. I trust our state wildlife professionals in managing the bear population according to the best science going forward, as they do all our wildlife.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nSince serving as Secretary of the Interior and throughout his time in Congress, Zinke has led efforts to delist recovered grizzly bear populations and return management authority to Montana and other western states.\n\nIn June 2017, as Secretary of the Interior, Zinke announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s final rule delisting the recovered Greater Yellowstone grizzly population.\n\nIn February 2023, Zinke joined Rep. Harriet Hageman in introducing H.R. 1245, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act, to reinstate the 2017 delisting rule.\n\nIn July 2023, Zinke secured House Appropriations Committee approval of his amendment to delist Greater Yellowstone grizzlies in the FY24 Interior Appropriations bill.\n\nIn February 2025, Zinke led a congressional letter urging President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to reverse Biden-era grizzly policies and return management authority to the states.\n\nIn July 2025, Zinke secured language in the FY26 Interior Appropriations bill directing the delisting of the Greater Yellowstone, Northern Continental Divide, and Bitterroot populations.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-16T07:21:44Z", "2026-07-16T07:23:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/zinke-applauds-usfws-decision-grizzly-bears"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2077910359948874, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}