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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.

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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

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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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

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

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Jan 31, 2024

today the Senate passed the bipartisan, bicameral Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act--S. 758, H.R. 1568-- and will send it to the President for his signature. In 2017, a small Montana trucking company came to me with concerns that…

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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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Sep 26, 2023

We can and we must get the Fort Belknap Indian Community water rights settlement to the President's desk this year.

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Sep 26, 2023

It is the last water rights battle we have in Indian Country, and it is a big deal for Montana.

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Sep 26, 2023

Without finalized settlements, our farmers, our ranchers, our water users are left in limbo.

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Sep 11, 2023

the vast majority of the agency's rulemaking agenda has been voluntarily undertaken.

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Sep 11, 2023

Really too much law-making authority done through executive fiat that occurs in a bureaucratic branch of Government.

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Sep 11, 2023

there is way too much power and rulemaking by fiat going on there and really lawmaking.

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Sep 11, 2023

I truly believe if the Founding Fathers were here today, they would say there is way too much power.

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Sep 11, 2023

your crusade against digital assets or your attempts to use the SEC to further the Administration's climate agenda at the expense of taxpayers.

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Jul 27, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Montana. Marc Fogel

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Jul 27, 2023

I would like to use my time today to raise awareness about an important issue. Actually, it is about an important person, and his name is Marc Fogel. Marc is a beloved father and husband. He is also a son, a brother, and an uncle. Over the…

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