Steve Daines

either we will manage our forests or they will manage us.

We have to fight kind of a two-front war here.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Daines pertaining to the introduction of S. 2640 are printed in today's Record under…

I want to thank you for appearing before this subcommittee to testify on behalf of the President's fiscal year 2019 Budget Request.

However, there is always room for improvement.

We'll continue to work with you and with Richard, as well.

We need to ensure that our federal resources are being used effectively.

It is going to take a team effort, combined effort of the Administration, as well as the Montana Congressional delegation, to finally see this settlement put into action.

later today the CEO of Facebook will come before the U.S. Senate to discuss Facebook's leak of the data of an estimated 87 million users. As someone who personally spent over a decade in the technology business and cloud computing, I know…

later today the CEO of Facebook will come before the U.S. Senate to discuss Facebook's leak of the data of an estimated 87 million users. As someone who personally spent over a decade in the technology business and cloud computing, I know…

I have introduced a bill, the Homeland Security for Children Act, that would simply ensure DHS' Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans...

What could you do to ensure that places like Culbertson, Montana, which are a long ways from anywhere, which would provide financial benefit and have a demand to sustain services, so they can grow their connectivity?

The Fort Belknap Indian Community, for example, is in a state of emergency over the meth epidemic.

We'll work with you on that because we are literally gateway Yellowstone National Park.

Perhaps our strongest deterrent against military action by North Korea is America's robust nuclear triad.

Are we keeping pace with North Korea's threat, or are we too saddled by regulation and institutional inertia?

I appreciate the opportunity to discuss how those funds are being used to improve the safety of the American people.

It is your responsibility to take seriously and the responsibility of Congress to spend these hard-working taxpayer dollars effectively and efficiently.

I spent 28 years in the private sector before entering public service. In fact, in 2010 I was working at RightNow Technologies in my hometown of Bozeman, MT. We were growing a technology company there. We were creating good, high-paying…

This bill would make tribes and tribal organizations eligible for direct funding under the 21st Century Cures Act.

Opioid abuse is an issue in my home State. Meth use is increasingly a crisis.

the inclusion of Tribes in the correction to the STR program's model is a very important first step Congress must make to address the opioids crisis in Indian Country.

Indian tribes cannot afford to be left out. They cannot be left out of these discussions. I remain committed to seeing that their needs are addressed.

We support Senator Daines' bill which reflects the government-to-government relationship and would make the tribes eligible for direct funding.

This legislation would make tribes, like States, directly eligible for funding that is authorized in the 21st Century CURES Act.