Steve Daines

Montana is not exempt from the crisis we are seeing with fentanyl, and as well as Senator Cortez Masto said, meth.

Permitting reform is needed now and it needs to be comprehensive.

This bill is the largest hydropower bill in two decades.

Permitting reform is needed now and it needs to be comprehensive.

This bipartisan permitting bill must be included in any package that comes before the U.S. Senate.

This bill is the largest hydropower bill in two decades.

This bipartisan permitting bill must be included in any package that comes before the U.S. Senate.

permitting reform without litigation reform, in this Senator's opinion, is pointless.

permitting reform without litigation reform, in this Senator's opinion, is pointless.

One of the communities that got a little less attention, but was greatly impacted, was West Yellowstone.

As I mentioned earlier, last year, Yellowstone Park suffered from flooding, which destroyed roads, bridges, wastewater systems...

we need to use the most accurate data available, even when it tells us what we don't want to hear

We have to think about maintenance backlog as debt that is held by our parks.

we can't rely on Congress to every so often bail out the parks with another big bill here addressing...

the total deferred maintenance backlog was $12 billion. Remember that figure?

the Great American Outdoors Act, unquestionably has been a significant step forward

It is simply unsustainable. And grow, I think, is probably an understatement. I mean, massively--virtually doubling.

I noticed in the budget as well, on the same line as housing construction, you have included $4 million for climate change studies.

One of the communities that got a little less attention, but was greatly impacted, was West Yellowstone.

As they say, you get what you inspect, not what you expect.

the total deferred maintenance backlog was $12 billion. Remember that figure?

I noticed in the budget as well, on the same line as housing construction, you have included $4 million for climate change studies.

One of the important ways to recruit and then retain staff is to ensure they have adequate housing.

the Great American Outdoors Act was a very important, monumental achievement here in Washington

As I mentioned earlier, last year, Yellowstone Park suffered from flooding, which destroyed roads, bridges, wastewater systems...