Steve Daines

I think many here on the dais believe we should remove the ban on U.S. oil exports and move forward here in continuing the U.S. in leadership in the way of production.

I believe energy independence, American energy independence and security, is to our safety, to our prosperity as well as the entire world.

Should we consider such costly remedies as what is going on right now with this Clean Power Plan for merely symbolic changes?

51 percent of our electricity comes from coal.

The Clean Power Plan not only harms workers, but it stifles investments that could lead to innovation and make coal cleaner.

The Clean Power Plan could potentially be the largest economic event to occur in Montana in more than 30 years.

these regulations, coming out of the EPA, are going to absolutely kill our economy and kill our natural resources industry.

It will cost us 7,000 jobs, $500 million a year in annual income, and the loss of $145 million in state tax revenues.

90 percent [of coal] is consumed outside of our country.

we ought to be making sure this is a global conversation and not unilaterally disarming our economy through these regulations coming out of Washington, D.C.

What do we tell the boilermaker union workers back in Montana who will lose their jobs?

We have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of that environment.

last year when I decided to run for Montana's open Senate seat, I promised the people of Montana I would work tirelessly to repeal ObamaCare. I am upholding that promise. Tomorrow the Senate will vote to repeal President Obama's broken…

I believe it represents yet another step in the Obama Administration's efforts to reduce American energy production.

as a fifth-generation Montanan and product of Montana public schools, I understand how important a first rate education is to our kids' future. By increasing local control of our schools and lessening the influence Washington bureaucrats…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 18; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

I ask unanimous consent that the substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the title amendment be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The…

the Obama administration's war on energy isn't just a war on coal, it is a war on American jobs, American families, and our national security. That is why it is no surprise that the President's anti-energy agenda is gaining opposition from…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2288) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2297 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senator Durbin for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

small businesses are the backbone of America. They generate more than half of the country's private GDP and support millions of families. In Montana, thanks to technology, geography is no longer a constraint and entrepreneurs have been…

The thinning project really worked.

I want to see action out of Congress. We need to do something.

This year's fire season demonstrated the need for a strong wildfire funding solution.