WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Two of Daines' Bills Passed Out of the Senate Finance Committee with Bipartisan Support U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke at a Senate Finance Committee meeting about the importance of mental health services, especially in rural states like Montana. The committee passed the "Better Act" with bipartisan support which included Daines' bipartisan "Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act"  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: At Senate Hearing, Fort Peck Councilman Shares Testimony of Losing Loved One to Fentanyl U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines spoke at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing about the fentanyl coming across the open southern border and harming Montana tribes. Watch and download Daines' opening remarks HERE. "The ongoing fentanyl crisis is devastating. It's destroying communities, families, and Montan  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: "This is a Scandal in Plain Sight" WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Veterans Day approaches, U.S. Senator Steve Daines today called out Senate Democrats and their trial lawyer allies for blocking veterans' benefits, specifically for Marines who were exposed to chemicals at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Senate Democrats continue to block Daines' "Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act," which would close a loophole that allows  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines helped introduce the "Government Surveillance Reform Act" to establish new safeguards for government surveillance and accountability for abuse, reauthorize and reform FISA section 702, and establish protections for Montanans whose private information is collected under other intelligence authorities. "Americans have a constitutional right to be protected from unreasona  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Bill will rename Butte VA Clinic after Charlie Dowd U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced a bill that would designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the Charlie A. Dowd VA Clinic. Charlie Dowd passed away in March 2023 and was Montana's last survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Dowd was an advocate for his fellow veterans and dedicated to preservi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: "Think what's happened in the Middle East can't happen here? Think again." U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference where he highlighted the increased risk of terror attacks on U.S. soil partly due to the wide-open southern border that has seen a spike in illegal crossings from countries designated as state sponsors of terrori  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) are demanding answers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about experiments on pathogens of pandemic potential being conducted at a Fauci-funded lab, right here on American soil, with the collaborators behind the risky research in Wuhan, China, that may have leaked the virus that caused COVID-19. It was recently revealed that NIH's R  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023: Continuing his longstanding efforts to protect Montanans' freedom and privacy, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today introduced new, bipartisan legislation to better protect Americans from warrantless searches by the government and law enforcement agencies. Specifically, Tester's Government Surveillance Reform Act would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) with sig  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) calls for an immediate vote on the resolution to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas following the Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division report stating nearly 350,000 dosage units of fentanyl, enough to kill one-third of the state's population, were seized in Montana's six most highly trafficked counties. "Sec. Mayorkas  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) sent a letter to National Park Service Director Charles Sams III demanding answers to challenges Montana farmers and ranchers may face due to Yellowstone National Park's 2023 Bison Management Plan. These issues encompass a notable decline in available forage quality, the destruction of indigenous plant life, and the deterioration of the Park's rip  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: In response to the recent white nationalist demonstration outside of Har Shalom synagogue in Missoula, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today called on the Biden Administration to provide additional resources to strengthen security for rural synagogues and reiterated that anti-Semitism has no place in Montana. Writing to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Tester exp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Speaking at a recent Senate Banking Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Jon Tester stressed the importance of protecting servicemembers, veterans, and their families from bad actors and scammers who see them as a payday. Servicemembers, veterans, and their families are targeted for scams and fraud at a higher rate than the civilian population. "The folks who are looking to steal benefits and money from our service  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Following conversations with Butte residents and community leaders regarding a lack of transparency and accountability from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senator Jon Tester today called on EPA Administrator Michael Regan to work with the Butte community to address waste-in-place concerns and to follow through on the EPA's promise to provide public answers to Buttians in response to an August   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing his longstanding efforts to support Montana's wildland firefighters, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today introduced his bipartisan Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act, a bill to increase overtime pay caps for Montana's wildland firefighters. Due to existing pay caps, wildland firefighters are working overtime and not being fully compensated. Tester's legislation increases these caps to compensate them fairl  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Jon Tester released the following statement in response to the announcement that Israel has agreed to daily four-hour pauses of military operations in Gaza: "I support Israel's decision to implement daily pauses of its military operations to improve our ability to free American hostages, allow for more innocent civilians to evacuate, and to facilitate the delivery of humanitar  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on research at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Chairman Jon Tester pressed VA officials to ensure rural veterans are benefiting from VA research efforts, particularly their mental health efforts, and expand opportunities the Department provides to researchers in rural America. "Rural America tends to rise to the top when it comes to suicide  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: As a part of his continued push to support Montana's producers and small businesses, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $478,991 from his 2018 Farm Bill and Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) government funding bill for the Helena-based Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO) to continue its Abundant Montana program. Abundant Montana is a statewide program designed to educate consumers about the value of loca  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Following extreme flooding in June 2022, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $1,998,589.49 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to repair North Stillwater Road. In December 2022, Tester was the only member of Montana's congressional delegation who voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which fully funded FEMA's flood recovery efforts in Montana including $916 million for  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester, Chairman of Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, recently secured his bipartisan amendment to protect rural veterans' access to lifesaving emergency medical transportation services to a key Senate bill that passed last week. "Emergency air and ground transportation services are a lifeline for Montanans when a medical emergency happens," said Chairman Tester. "Our provision means these s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Speaking today at a key U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Administration's national security supplemental funding request, U.S. Senator Jon Tester emphasized the importance of delivering a defense package that replenishes American weapons stocks, supports our democratic allies, and sends a clear message to enemies of freedom and democracy that they will not prevail. Tester opened his remarks  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: U.S. Senator Jon Tester, Chairman of Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, recently secured his bipartisan amendment to protect rural veterans' access to lifesaving emergency medical transportation services to a key Senate bill that passed last week. "Emergency air and ground transportation services are a lifeline for Montanans when a medical emergency happens," said C  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: As part of his relentless efforts to secure America's borders and stop the deadly flow of fentanyl into the United States, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today confronted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden Administration's failure to secure the southern border. Speaking at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Tester made clear that his top priority   more