WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Dana Buckles, councilman of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, from a Feb. 25, 2025, on fiscal 2026 tribal appropriations: * * * I am Dana Buckles, Councilman of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation. I would like to thank the Subcommittee for the opportunity to present testimony concerning FY 2026 app  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Zinke's Statement on President Trump's Joint Address to Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Ryan Zinke issued the following statement in response to President Trump's Joint Address to Congress: "The first 42 days of the Trump Administration has seen a near elimination of the crisis at the southern border, budget savings as a result of rooting out waste and fraud, and President Trump ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Emphasizes Need for Tax Permanency for Hardworking Americans "The key to fiscal sanity is not just making tax cuts permanent but doing so in a fiscally responsible way" U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with President Trump's nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender in the Senate Finance Committee about the importance of establishing permanent tax cuts for hard-wor  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Introduces Bill to Cut Red Tape, Unleash Montana Energy Bill Would Streamline Permitting Process for Energy Development U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced the "Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mineral Spacing Act" to streamline the permitting process for oil and gas development in Montana and better respect the rights of private mineral holders. "Under Joe Biden, our energy   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Leads Colleagues in Urging Trump DOJ to Overturn Biden's Anti-2A Policies U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a letter with 15 of his Republican colleagues to Attorney General Pam Bondi at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) urging the reversal of Biden-era policies that allow the federal government to award groups that discriminate against the firearm and ammunition industry  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Fox Business: "Every Hour Is a New Day in Trump World" U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business' The Bottom Line where he reacted to President Trump's Address to Congress last night and highlighted the return of American optimism under his leadership. He also applauded President Trump's historic actions to secure the border, increase American investments and solidif  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Newsmax: Trump Supports Made-In-America Energy, Made-In-America Minerals U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Newsmax's National Report, where he applauded President Trump's commitment to support Made-In-America energy and explained the importance of his bipartisan bill to ban the import of critical minerals from Russia. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines explained ho  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall, Senator Daines, and GOP Colleagues Urge Attorney General Bondi to End Anti-Gun Biden-Era Policies Washington -U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana) and 14 of their Senate Republican colleagues in urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to reverse Biden-era policies that allow the federal government to award groups that discriminate against t  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Two Daines Bills to Support Montana Tribal Communities Closer to Becoming Law Bills Ensure Montana Tribes' Water Rights U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that two of his bills to support Montana's tribal communities have passed the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and are now one step closer to becoming law. The "Northern Montana Water Security Act" will complete the Fort Be  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Weaponization of the ESA Through Experimental Populations Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the failures of the Endangered Species Act's (ESA) provisions relating to experimental populations of listed species that have been reintroduced, like gray wolves and grizzly bears. Subcommittee Chai  more