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.
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.
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March 17, 2026
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What the president made clear is [he] does not want to see any cuts to beneficiaries.
It’s President Trump’s strong position that has resulted now in negotiations beginning in Geneva with Chinese leadership.
This was the first step to an important next step, which will be a meeting between President Xi and President Trump.
This was the first step to an important next step, which will be a meeting between President Xi and President Trump.
There is no reason the United States should be importing critical minerals that we can find right here at home.
This is a major victory for President Trump, the United States and most importantly, Marc Fogel and his family.
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.
I will say I am disappointed that my Crow Revenue Act was not included in today's hearing.
The tribes shouldn't have to take the BIA to court to squeeze out more resources to serve their communities.
I think it is really, really important, because you all, sometimes it feels like you are a long way away.
Indian Country is in crisis. Tribal leaders I have spoken with have told me they feel like they are at war.
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.
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.
On behalf of the Blackfeet Tribe, I would request that you would make that trip.
The government-to-government relationship between IHS and the Blackfeet is broken.
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.
We need to shut down the southern border, that is what he said, to stop these dangerous drugs from entering our Country.
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?
It is not a mystery where these drugs are coming from; they are coming across the wide-open southern border.
The ongoing fentanyl crisis is devastating. It is destroying communities, families, lives.
This is the human cost of the open border catastrophe that is going on right now on our southern border.
In Montana, Native Americans are twice as likely to die over an overdose than any other Montanan.





