WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: Kicking off the new Congress, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.) introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at bolstering recruitment and retention of clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman introduced VA CAREERS Act day one of legislative session to tackle chronic medical personnel shortages across the country through increased recruitment and retention flexibilities * * * Kicking off the new Congress, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) teamed up with U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.) to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at bolstering recruitm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke announced more than $1 million dollars in federal grant funding to the Kootenai Valley Head Start based in Lincoln County, Montana. The funding is derived from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) CH-Head Start Projects program. The 28 member staff at the Kootenai Valley Head Start plans to use the five-year continuation grant toward funding programs su  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke announced more than $2 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Lincoln County Community Health Center headquartered in Libby, Montana, which serves more than 7,500 unduplicated annual patients. The funding is distributed through the H80 - Health Center Cluster program and will aid the nearly 70 professionals in M  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today called on the Biden administration to immediately expand the investigation into the possible link between the nine military officers who were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after serving at Malmstrom Air Force Base. "I write to stress the importance of the ongoing investigation into the possible increased likelihood of cancer for missileers at  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines helped introduce a bill to prohibit the Biden administration from further draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for reasons other than a severe energy supply interruption until the administration releases a plan to increase oil and gas production on federal lands and waters. "Since Day One, Biden and the Democrats have been determined to shut down Made in Montana and Made   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Representatives Matt Rosendale and Ryan Zinke today sent a letter urging the Biden administration to hold its appeals hearing concerning the American Prairie Reserve Grazing Proposal in Malta, Montana, instead of Billings, which is over 200 miles away from Phillips County. This would allow Montanans most affected by the proposal to easily attend the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Representatives Matt Rosendale and Ryan Zinke today sent a letter urging the Biden administration to hold its appeals hearing concerning the American Prairie Reserve Grazing Proposal in Malta, Montana, instead of Billings, which is over 200 miles away from Phillips County. This would allow Montanans most affected by the proposal to easily attend the hearing. "The American Prair  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2023: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today re-introduced the "Balanced Budget Accountability Act" to hold Congress accountable and require a balanced budget or members won't get paid. This legislation would help address our public debt crisis, and is the first bill Daines introduces each Congress. "Congress is here to serve-not to be served. If Congress can't do its job and pass a balanced budget, mem  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) led a letter with his colleagues to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis R. McDonough regarding the department's failure to protect personally identifiable information, specifically relating to COVID-19 vaccination status of its employees, medical students, and volunteers. "This failure would never have happened if the VA had not mandated the CO  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) joined his Republican colleagues on a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael L. Connor to denounce the new "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule. "Biden's WOTUS rule presents new regulatory challenges for farmers and ranchers, allowing government overreach into  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: U.S. Senator Jon Tester again secured the gavel of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee for the 118th Congress--continuing his critical work on behalf of the nation's veterans and their families in his second term as Chairman, where he will serve alongside Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.). "It's an honor of my lifetime to serve as Chairman of the Senate Veteran  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Getting dark money out of politics and overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision are the aims of U.S. Senator Jon Tester's first two bill introductions in the new Congress. As part of his continued push to hold corporations accountable and fix our broken campaign finance system, these critical pieces of legislation would increase transparency and accountability, while shedding light on the influ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: Continuing their push to strengthen veterans' access to health care and benefits in the 118th Congress, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) are reintroducing the Build, Utilize, Invest, Learn, and Deliver (BUILD) for Veterans Act of 2023. This common  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing his push to strengthen veterans' access to health care and benefits in the 118th Congress, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester is introducing the Build, Utilize, Invest, Learn, and Deliver (BUILD) for Veterans Act of 2023--commonsense legislation to modernize and streamline the delivery of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities and other infrastructure projects, bo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester again secured the gavel of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee for the 118th Congress--continuing his critical work on behalf of the nation's veterans and their families in his second term as Chairman, where he will serve alongside Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.). "It's an honor of my lifetime to serve as Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee," said Tester. "I take   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today sent a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressing his opposition to H.R. 25, proposed legislation from House Republicans that would effectively create a 30 percent national sales tax. Tester outlined his opposition to the bill that would raise costs for working families and pledged to take on anyone to defeat   more