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Steve Daines

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Steven David Daines is an American politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Montana, a position he has held since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Daines has focused on issues such as economic growth, job creation, and healthcare during his time in office. He has also been an advocate for Montana's natural resources and agriculture sector, emphasizing the importance of these industries to the state's economy.

Quotes by year · 2013–20261,640 total · peak 2015 (335)
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Jun 8, 2025

What the president made clear is [he] does not want to see any cuts to beneficiaries. But to go after, he repeated over again, the waste, fraud and abuse, the waste, fraud and abuse.

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Jun 5, 2025

What the president made clear is [he] does not want to see any cuts to beneficiaries.

nbcnews.com
May 6, 2025

It’s President Trump’s strong position that has resulted now in negotiations beginning in Geneva with Chinese leadership.

usatoday.com
Mar 27, 2025

This was the first step to an important next step, which will be a meeting between President Xi and President Trump.

nbcnews.com
Mar 24, 2025

This was the first step to an important next step, which will be a meeting between President Xi and President Trump.

nbcnews.com
Mar 1, 2025

There is no reason the United States should be importing critical minerals that we can find right here at home.

newsweek.com
Feb 10, 2025

This is a major victory for President Trump, the United States and most importantly, Marc Fogel and his family.

cnn.com
Jun 11, 2024

The Crow Tribe Water Settlement Amendments Act and the Crow Revenue Act both bolster tribal sovereignty, increase energy security, and we both know, fund much-needed resources on the reservation.

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Jun 11, 2024

I will say I am disappointed that my Crow Revenue Act was not included in today's hearing.

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May 21, 2024

The tribes shouldn't have to take the BIA to court to squeeze out more resources to serve their communities.

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May 21, 2024

I think it is really, really important, because you all, sometimes it feels like you are a long way away.

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May 21, 2024

Indian Country is in crisis. Tribal leaders I have spoken with have told me they feel like they are at war.

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May 21, 2024

Multiple reservations in Montana have declared a state of emergency in response to the massive influx of fentanyl and meth flowing in from the southern border.

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May 21, 2024

I was proud to introduce a resolution to designate May 5th as a national day of awareness for missing and murdered Native women and girls.

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Dec 5, 2023

On behalf of the Blackfeet Tribe, I would request that you would make that trip.

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Dec 5, 2023

The government-to-government relationship between IHS and the Blackfeet is broken.

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Dec 5, 2023

There must be real policy changes to make the border more secure.

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Dec 5, 2023

I think that with our historic investments and with the focus on narcotics trafficking, the fact that we are seizing as much as we are seizing is saving American lives. That is the metric.

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Dec 5, 2023

We need to shut down the southern border, that is what he said, to stop these dangerous drugs from entering our Country.

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Dec 5, 2023

This is not immigration policy. This is about an out of control southern border that is wide open. Do you think the Administration is doing enough?

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Dec 5, 2023

It is not a mystery where these drugs are coming from; they are coming across the wide-open southern border.

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Nov 7, 2023

The ongoing fentanyl crisis is devastating. It is destroying communities, families, lives.

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Nov 7, 2023

This is the human cost of the open border catastrophe that is going on right now on our southern border.

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Nov 7, 2023

In Montana, Native Americans are twice as likely to die over an overdose than any other Montanan.

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