Steve Daines

High-speed internet is essential to any economy or community looking to succeed in the 21st century.

I believe citizens in Montana should have more of a say in Washington, DC., than illegal immigrants harboring in sanctuary cities across the country.

I have come down to the floor today to discuss a very important issue to Montanans and to many of my colleagues in the Senate, and that is the Land and Water Conservation Fund, also known as LWCF. I am joined by friends and colleagues--in…

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Land and Water Conservation Fund

I thank Senator Burr. I think it also demonstrates the diversity, geographically, that we have a Senator from North Carolina, a Senator from Montana, and a Senator from Colorado. It doesn't matter if you are a Western State or a State on…

Thank you, Senator Burr. I will tell you why that permanent reauthorization is important in places like Montana, Colorado, and North Carolina. It is because it takes time to put together some of these consolidations of checkerboard lands…

Senator Gardner, thank you. I thank Senator Burr as well. I think this is something that, for us, is more than a policy discussion. You can see the passion from each Member here. It is a way of life. I come from a State--Montana--where a…

the Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act will protect and enhance Medicare benefits by reversing a damaging policy created by the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Obamacare attempted to provide better benefits for seniors and…

This is a race that I don't think we can lose.

I do fear--one of the things that keeps me awake at night, is we are falling behind China.

I want to thank you, Chair Murkowski, for bringing this to light in this Committee and for the experts here to help us articulate what the challenges are going forward.

We have seen drastic increases in meth and heroin use in Montana.

We need a solution that secures our border, upholds the rule of law, and accomplishes these goals without separating children from their parents as a default policy.

Just yesterday the Senate passed legislation that will help combat the meth and opioid crisis in our country.

I want to thank my colleagues in this body for their hard work and their true bipartisan efforts to address the opioid and drug crisis in the United States. The legislation before us will help to combat an epidemic that touches the lives…

Keep in mind, Montana is a long ways away from our Southern Border, but those drugs are coming through our Southern Border.

Every moment you are spending here addressing the issue of illegal crossings is time spent that could be used to stop the flow of illegal drugs.

I believe we need to make this final push to really, truly move, as has been said by the Trump Administration, move us from independence to global dominance as it relates to energy.

The less the U.S. and Europe rely on oil and gas from hostile or volatile countries, the safer and stronger they are.

At the very least, the U.S. should be supplying our own troops and not relying on a country that is known for playing political games with energy.

One of the areas we actually made some great progress on fairly recently was removing the ban on U.S. beef imports that China had placed.

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

the conference report that we are considering today is good news for our country. Along with providing funding for our veterans and supporting critical energy and infrastructure projects, it also includes $4.8 billion for the agencies in…

I am a big believer in Milton Friedman and free to choose, so I understand.

I rise in support of the Defense appropriations bill being considered by the Senate. With this important measure, we are greatly enhancing our national defense by providing the actual funds our warfighters need to maintain a decisive…