Steve Daines

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.

I never thought I would live to see the day when we would start having a discussion about breaching hydropower dams, truly, in terms of how radical the agenda has moved.

We have seen these proposals, which have been jaw-dropping, to limit natural gas appliances.

I urge you to reverse the course. Work with manufacturers on this transformer issue.

We cannot let it happen. The Department of Energy and the Bonneville Power Administration have long stood with the people of Montana to support the Lower Snake River dams.

I was shocked when I first came to the U.S. Senate that hydropower was not considered a renewable source of energy.

when most people talk about the fentanyl crisis crippling our communities today, they talk the numbers. And the numbers are very powerful. In 2022, synthetic opioids like deadly fentanyl claimed over 75,000 lives in our country. In fact…

I ask for your commitment to immediately end the improper audits of disabled first responders.

If we are serious about maintaining healthy forests and ending the cycle of these catastrophic wildfires that we see every summer, we must, number one--cut red tape to speed up the NEPA process.

a full and permanent Cottonwood solution should be a high priority and a bipartisan priority for this Congress

As you said, we do not have a dental school in Montana, where receiving care often means driving several hours to see the nearest health-care provider.

Oral health care is really important. It is crucial, both for its own sake and in relation to our overall health and well-being.

I was going to say a fly rod and a set of skis is also a way we recruit dentists to Montana at times.

thank you and the entire Finance Subcommittee on Health Care for this important and timely hearing.

If we did not have those seasonal workers, we would not have the joy of the cherries every August in northwest Montana.

I want to acknowledge here Chairman Cardin's longtime leadership on this particular area of health care.

Each of these groups, back to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, failed to prioritize properly clear and present risks of the inflationary environment, rising interest rates, what it did to bond values, instead opting to focus on…

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and the general turmoil in the banking sector are the direct result of the failures of regulators, including the agencies we have before us today, also the executive teams at these…

Protecting American IP is something I have long fought for.

I think about 95 percent of our world's consumers live outside the United States.

I have called on Presidents of both parties... to reengage on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office looked at this issue specifically, and estimated, their words, 'minimal impact of new medicines coming to market under Medicare drug price negotiation.'

The President's proposed budget raises Medicare taxes, because the President claims to care about the solvency of the Medicare program.

It is clear the administration has no intention of protecting the precious lives of the unborn.

I do not believe anyone here would condone violence against any American, whatever the sort.