Steve Daines

The bill has strong support from local communities, recreation groups, and more.

Completing the trail will help bring more tourism through our communities and boost local economies.

I hear that as I travel around the State of Montana.

We warned the American people. We warned our colleagues this was going to create inflationary fires, and lo and behold, it did.

I have major concerns with the rule overall.

I remember being in this very room... when we had this fight about is it smart, is it the right thing to unleash another nearly $2 trillion into the economy.

Montana is not exempt from the crisis we are seeing with fentanyl.

Fentanyl overdose deaths in Montana in the last 2 years are up 1,700 percent.

permitting reform without litigation reform, in this Senator's opinion, is pointless.

This bipartisan permitting bill must be included in any package that comes before the U.S. Senate.

We hoped that would be able to cut that backlog in half. Unfortunately, we now know, at the end of Fiscal Year 2022, the total deferred maintenance backlog is more like $22 billion.

As they say, you get what you inspect, not what you expect.

if we keep seeing flat to--with inflation, really, declining investments in maintenance, it is going to be a recurring discussion here in this Committee.

the Great American Outdoors Act, unquestionably has been a significant step forward, but at the same time, there is still more deferred maintenance.

Many said it was the greatest conservation win in perhaps up to 50 years.

It is simply unsustainable.

We need to use the most accurate data available, even when it tells us what we don't want to hear, though I must say, it is somewhat disheartening.

I know if we went and tallied up all the climate change studies going on right now across all the federal budgets, it is a massive number.

As I mentioned earlier, last year, Yellowstone Park suffered from flooding, which destroyed roads, bridges, wastewater systems...

It was meant to be kind of a jump-start to it, to get out of the hole, but not a means to replace what needs to be taken care of.

it may get less pleasant, as the Chairman says.

We have to think about maintenance backlog as debt that is held by our parks.

Last year, Senators Stabenow and Daines introduced legislation to increase Medicare funded graduate medical education (GME) slots specifically for psychiatry.

Well, I am glad we agree that the grizzlies have recovered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

I have significant concerns with that proposed rule. You would hurt Montanans by threatening multiple uses, such as ranching, mining, logging, and outdoor recreation that are all a part of our Montana way of life.