WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Daines, Thune, Barrasso Lead Finance Committee Republicans in Vowing to Oppose Any Short-Term Tax Package "The expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act must be permanent and not sunset" Washington, D.C--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee members Steve Daines (R-Montana), Majority Leader John Thune (R-  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Applauds President Trump for Bringing Marc Fogel Home U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the below statement following the announcement that President Trump secured the release of U.S. citizen Marc Fogel. Fogel has family in Montana and was serving a 14-year sentence of hard labor in a Russian prison for possession of marijuana. "This is a major victory for President Trump, the United St  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Introduces Bill to Protect Montana Way of Life, Stop Ban of Traditional Ammo and Tackle U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced a bill to prohibit the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) from banning the use of lead ammunition or tackle on public lands unless such action is supported by the best availabl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Joins Bill to Create Whole-of-Government Effort to Mitigate Wildfires U.S. Senator Steve Daines helped introduce bipartisan legislation to create a national Wildfire Intelligence Center between the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior. If implemented, the legislation would create a unified, streamlined federal response to wildland fires with   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on CNBC's Squawk Box: "Greatest Thing We Can Do is Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent" Daines Led Letter to Trump Vowing to Oppose Any Bill Failing to Make TCJA Provisions Permanent U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined CNBC's Squawk Box to discuss the letter he led to President Trump committing to oppose any tax package that only provides temporary relief from the impending tax hikes. Watch D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Sheehy, Zinke, Downing Urge Postmaster General DeJoy to Resolve Persistent USPS Issues in Bozeman, Belgrade "Montanans are facing serious challenges that require urgent attention" U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines, Senator Tim Sheehy, Congressman Ryan Zinke and Congressman Troy Downing today sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting immediate action be taken to resolv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Thune, Barrasso, Crapo Lead Finance Committee Republicans in Vowing to Oppose Any Short-Term Tax Package "The expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act must be permanent and not sunset" U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Finance Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), James Lankford  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Troy Downing, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * Downing Introduces Bill to Expand Access to Capital for Rural Small Businesses Today, Congressman Troy Downing (MT-02) introduced the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act. This legislation would require the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to report on capital access issues faced by rural small bu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * Zinke applauds the return of Marc Fogel to American soil Today, Western Montana Representative Ryan Zinke issued a statement following the announcement that President Trump secured the release of U.S. citizen Marc Fogel, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia since 2021. Fogel's sister and son currently live in Montana. "God bless; Marc Fogel is finally coming home to American soi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Zinke presses Trump Administration to revoke Biden order, return grizzly management to state agencies Western Montana Representative Ryan Zinke, Rep. Harriet Hageman (WY), Rep. Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and Rep. Troy Downing (MT -02), urged President Trump and Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum to reverse a last-minute Biden Administration policy proposal to reclassify grizzly populations i  more