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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday January 14, 2024 ( 14 items )  

At Banking Hearing, Sen. Tester Calls on Congress to Pass His Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Fentanyl Trafficking
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: As part of his persistent efforts to secure America's borders and stop the deadly flow of fentanyl into Montana and the United States, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today pressed officials during a Senate Banking Committee Hearing about tightening our financial systems to hold bad actors like China accountable and crack down on illicit fentanyl trafficking. "We need to categorize fentanyl as the na  more

Daines Slams Biden Administration for Allowing Potential Terrorists to Exploit Southern Border
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: "If leaders across the world are concerned about our wide-open southern border, why isn't Joe Biden?" WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference slamming the Biden administration for the wide-open southern border that is being exploited by potential terrorists. To watch Daines' remarks, click HERE. "In October, I took a t  more

Following Report That Foreign Billionaire is Second Biggest Foreign Owner of U.S. Land, Sen. Tester Presses for Passage of His Bill to Block Adversaries From Buying Farmland
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Following new reporting that a billionaire foreign national purchased nearly 200,000 acres of American agricultural land in Oregon in 2015, making him the second biggest foreign owner of land in America, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today is calling on Congressional leaders to swiftly pass his bipartisan legislation that would crack down on ownership of U.S farmland and agribusinesses by our foreig  more

ICYMI: Rep. Rosendale Holds "Shut Down the Border or Shut Down the Government" Press Conference
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) held a bicameral press conference along with Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02), Rep. Eli Crane (AZ-02), Rep. Bob Good (VA-05), Rep. Mary Miller (IL-15), Rep. Cory Mills (FL-07), Rep. Andy Ogles (TN-05), and Rep. Keith Self (TX-03) insisting the Biden Administration shut down the southern border or, they  more

Rep. Rosendale Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) made the following statement on filing articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III for high crimes and misdemeanors. Congressman Rosendale will be introducing the article of impeachment when the House meets tomorrow afternoon. "Sec. Austin has violated his oath of office time and time again, and has jeopardize  more

Rep. Rosendale Introduces Legislation to Secure the Border
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With the border crisis raging on and a record breaking over 300,000 border encounters in December, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) has introduced five new bills to address the crisis and reinstate rule-of-law at our southern border. The immigration package will stop illegal aliens from coming into our country, provide much needed updates to our legal immigration system to give America  more

Rep. Rosendale Officially Submits Impeachment Articles Against U.S. Secretary of Defense
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) officially submitted articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III. You can read the full articles of impeachment here. He said the following in a video after submitting the resolution: "I just dropped off the Resolution for the Impeachment of Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense," said Rep. Rosendale. "It is Hou  more

Rep. Rosendale Opposes D.C. Cartel Spending Deal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House GOP and Senate Democrat leadership announced the topline number for their new spending deal. The $1.59 trillion agreement does nothing to increase border security, continues woke and wasteful spending by the Biden administration, and rubber stamps the polices of the Radical Left. "The D.C. Cartel's addiction to wasteful, unnecessary spending will burden future generations w  more

Rep. Rosendale Slams Biden Admin for Wasteful Spending on Green School Buses
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the Biden Administration announced they will be granting over $13 million to seven Montana school districts to purchase 41 electric school buses. This new incredibly wasteful spending package comes on the heels of America surpassing $34 trillion in national debt last month. The unhinged policy decision will continue Biden's radical Green New Deal agenda that has crippled our e  more

Rep. Rosendale Slams Biden Admin for Wasteful Spending on Green School Busses
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: This week, the Biden Administration announced they will be granting over $13 million to seven Montana school districts to purchase 41 electric school buses. This new incredibly wasteful spending package comes on the heels of America surpassing $34 trillion in national debt last month. The unhinged policy decision will continue Biden's radical Green New Deal agenda that has crippled our economy and decimate  more

Rosendale Considers Introducing Privileged Resolution to Impeach Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following the introduction of impeachment articles against U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III this week by Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02), Secretary Austin proceeded, from his hospital bed, to initiate non-congressionally approved missile strikes in Yemen. This move intensified anti-U.S. sentiment in the region and further endangered the United States and our allies abr  more

Sen. Tester Leads Bipartisan Effort to Block Largest Meatpacking Corporation From Stock Exchange, Citing 'Systemic Corruption'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester led a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pressing the agency to block JBS's request to be a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), citing the multi-national corporation's history of "systemic corruption." Tester has repeatedly worked to hold JBS and the four big meat packers who control more than 80% of the beef industry accoun  more

Sen. Tester Secures 41 New School Buses for Montana
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As a direct result of his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced he has secured 41 new school buses for public schools across the state, to deliver cleaner air for schools and communities in Montana. Tester worked with five Republicans and four Democrats to negotiate the IIJA and was the only member of Montana's congressional delegation  more

Sens. Tester, Moran Demand Answers Following Sexual Harassment Allegations at VA Office
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) released a statement today following disclosures to the House Veterans' Affairs Committee of allegations of sexual harassment involving employees within the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Office of Resolution Management, Diversity & Inclusion (ORMDI): "Harassment or abuse of any kind  more