Steve Daines

Senator Capito has made a very good point. After she spent 14 years in the House, this is the easy bill to pass. Funding our military, funding the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States--that is the easy bill. In the…

I thank Senator Rounds for those thoughts. As a member of the Appropriations Committee myself, I am again struck by thinking that the Defense appropriations bill passed out of our committee by a vote of 30 to 0. Yet trying to bring it to…

My distinguished colleague from Oregon commented about how technology companies are concerned about what is going on. I spent over a decade in the private sector--in fact, 12 years with a cloud computing company. We had 17 offices around…

Congress, the Administration and tribes must continue working together so we can replicate that success on other reservations.

There is a recent study that was conducted by the University of Arizona, regarding increasing access to capital and credit in Native communities.

These organizations are key to increasing Native access to capital in our Native communities.

I also wonder, is there a little of the chicken and egg here? In other words, does some of this uncertainty come from the fact that some of these lenders, frankly, just haven't done business in tribal communities before?

Data has become a form of currency. Today, businesses and government are processing and storing more information than ever. This creates access, organization, and security problems for government agencies using outdated, legacy IT systems…

I thank Senator Sullivan. What an honor to stand here today next to two lieutenant colonels-- Lieutenant Colonel Ernst and Lieutenant Colonel Sullivan. Lieutenant Colonel Ernst was the first woman to ever serve in combat and also serve in…

Data has become a form of currency. Today, businesses and government are processing and storing more information than ever. This creates access, organization, and security problems for government agencies using outdated, legacy IT systems…

I want to applaud the passage of the Federal Aviation Administration FAA Reauthorization, as it strengthens security, provides for critical aviation infrastructure, and maintains access to affordable travel for Montanans as well as the…

It is certainly an honor to think that we are standing here as Senators with two distinguished veterans: Lieutenant Colonel Ernst and Senator Sullivan, who served in the U.S. Marines. In fact, tonight I will be at the Iwo Jima memorial, at…

I really appreciate also how we motivate and encourage students who may want to go to a two year vocational training.

There's a lot of conversation about the future of space travel, as we've heard today, and this public-private-commercial kind of partnerships...

I want to thank the Senator from Alaska. I also want to thank Lieutenant Colonel and Senator Ernst for her service to our Nation. Senator Ernst is the first female combat veteran to ever serve in the Senate. It is an honor to serve with…

Skate to where the puck is headed, not where it's at.

We don't have a port on any of our borders. The transportation sector, in fact, moving people and goods, directly employs about 20,000 Montanans.

The burden that these privacy rules will place on small businesses.

Investments in these facilities pay off. They pay off in many respects for the communities that take a leadership there.

The state of Montana has the largest recoverable coal reserves of any state in these United States.

I want to recognize SGT David Thatcher, a member of the Greatest Generation and a true American hero, who sadly passed away on June 22, 2016, in Missoula, MT. Born on July 31, 1921, in Bridger, MT to homesteaders, Joseph and Dorothea…

It's vital that we move these commodities. It's vital we move them safely.

So, again, this is a concern where I think they're chasing the ISP issue right now, but look to where are consumers increasingly headed more so?

So are ISPs the most extensive conduits of consumer information with access to highly sensitive information?

One of the great privileges I have serving in the U.S. Senate is standing up every day on behalf of Montana agriculture. In fact, across the great State of Montana, signs of our State's strong agricultural heritage are at virtually every…