Steve Daines

the Legislative Branch bill, as advanced from the Committee on Appropriations, provides $4.79 billion for Congress and its support agencies. That is $90 million above the fiscal year 2018 enacted level of $4.7 billion. This bill provides…

I hope to see him clear this Committee so that the full Senate can consider his nomination swiftly.

He understands the need to improve the way the EPA oversees environmental cleanup and hazardous waste sites.

This program is personal to me, coming from Montana, where we are home to two of the most expensive and expansive Superfund sites in the Nation.

It is time to stop studying it and move to closure.

We are finally working to bring closure--an end--to some of these Superfund sites that have just dogged us for years in Montana.

Last year, just a few miles down the road in Virginia, a disabled World War II veteran, Richard Cohen, woke up to his burned American flag on his doorstep. Let me say that again. Richard Cohen, who was wounded by German machinegun fire…

It is historic to have the entire Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before us here today.

I hope we can move the dialogue in this country to not pitting a battle between either you are in the renewable camp or you are either for it or against it.

on July 23, 1962, a B-47 Bomber carrying four men on a routine training mission crashed into the southwestern slope of Emigrant Peak, killing all on board. Crash debris still remains on the unnamed ridge where these men lost their lives…

I am proud that today President Trump will sign into law a piece of legislation that I fought for called the VA MISSION Act. This important legislation will help fix many of the problems plaguing the VA Choice Program and will work to…

I am glad to introduce a resolution to designate May 2018 ``National Brain Tumor Awareness Month.'' It is my hope that this resolution will show our support for the patients battling brain tumors, as well as their families, and friends who…

I remain outraged, heartbroken, over the overall lack of care that IHS is providing Montana's Indian Tribes.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, in reality, I think 'IHS' stands for 'Indian Health Suffering.'

we have all seen the headlines across the Nation about the VA Choice Program and how it has failed our veterans. I wish to share some of those headlines from my home State of Montana. From Montana Public Radio, the headline was: ``Montana…

if the Tribal consultation suggests that meth is the issue, and the resources need to be devoted toward fighting that epidemic, the answer is you would work with them to be able to do that?

this drug has destroyed families and is tearing at the very fabric of [their] society.

I'm proud to join my colleagues in leading the charge to improve the IHS through the Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act.

that's meth. Let me illustrate what this problem looks like for you in my State of Montana.

The threats regarding China are very real, as well as the significant opportunities.

Last Congress, I offered some legislation that would exempt Tribal governments and tribally owned businesses and organizations from this severe standard. I am announcing right here and right now that I will be reintroducing that…

I think it is very important that we engage in these negotiations.

Obamacare violates the principles of Tribal sovereignty-- it is a big issue for me back home in Montana for our Tribes-- because it requires Indian Tribes to either provide health care coverage for their employees or face fines of $2,000…

It was, I think, chilling for many of us who watched that unfold in the last administration, a fundamental First Amendment issue on freedom of speech and of expression.

I look forward to leading the charge once again to prevent these negative impacts on our Tribes, and remedy would be the legislation I am proposing.