Steve Daines

But the question is, do you not think this pledge to protect America's seniors might ring a bit hollow in light of the President's own hypocrisy of dodging $500,000 in Medicare taxes?

I am planning to reintroduce my Main Street Tax Certainty Act in the coming weeks, which will protect these businesses from this shadow tax hike by making this important deduction permanent.

The President's budget includes $4.7 trillion--with a 't'--in total tax hikes, including $1.

I will take that as a 'no' and move on to my next question.

I was certainly disappointed at the time that all of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle opposed this change and made it impossible to make it permanent.

We must stay focused on the mission and pass a well-crafted bill that makes good on our promises to Indian Country and Montana as a whole.

How do we embolden tribes to get BIA and D.C. out of the way?

This Farm Bill is a chance to increase tribal participation in programs and continue to bolster food security and economic prosperity in tribal communities.

My top priorities for this Congress are some of the top issues facing Montanans, it is increasing public safety, bolstering tribal sovereignty, and passing the last Indian water rights settlement in the State.

Putting Washington, D.C. in charge of public safety is the last thing we should be doing.

I know the leaders back in Indian Country, in Montana, see clearly the solutions are not here in Washington, D.C.

Inflation was sparked, one of the big reasons was massive spending here in Washington, and now we are going to be bearing the challenges with higher debt service over the course of the next several years.

Within 5 years we are going to spend more on annual interest on the national debt than we spend on national defense.

Unfortunately, as the President said in his State of the Union address, the President said he is going to raise taxes. That is recipe for disaster.

the cumulative deficits during the 10-year window will exceed $20 trillion.

energy security is national security.

today I have the honor of recognizing a true Montana hero, Dr. Daniel Edelman. Dr. Edelman is a veteran of the U.S. Army who was seriously injured on a mission while deployed overseas as the noncommissioned officer in charge of security…

the purpose of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is to help pregnant mothers in the workplace receive accommodations so that they can maintain a healthy pregnancy and childbirth. Therefore, I want to make clear for the record that the…

today, I have the distinct honor of recognizing Dr. Doug Reisig of Missoula County as Montanan of the Month for his distinguished career as an educator and for his devotion to Montana students, Montana parents, and the community. Doug was…

my amendment would strike the anti-energy provisions that snuck into this bill behind closed doors. This partisan bill before us has a slew of provisions that raises royalty rates, fees, rents, and taxes that hurt our small oil and gas…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be considered as one amendment, No. 5487: No. 5425, Mr. Daines; No. 5361, Ms. Ernst; No. 5360, Mrs. Fischer; No. 5224, Mr. Portman; No. 5411, Mr. Barrasso; and No. 5454, Ms. Murkowski…

recently the Supreme Court righted a historic injustice, and it was clearly written in the opinion by Justice Alito. It said this is to return the power to the people, return the power to the people's elected representatives, instead of…

As long as we can keep our freedom, the rule of law, abundant supplies of energy, tax code to incentivized American innovation, I agree with you.

today I have the distinct honor of recognizing Carole Johnson of Mineral County for her dedication to the Forest Service and her 50-plus years--50-plus years--of public service to the people of Montana. Raised in Superior, MT, Carole…

This issue strikes deep into the hearts of Montanans. It is not something we should take lightly or halfheartedly.