Steve Daines

Senator Tester and I have introduced a bill to make permanent the Indian Coal Production Tax Credit to incentivize on Indian reservations for energy development.

I'm passionate about ensuring that we provide connectivity here for all of America, including rural America.

I don't think it has been upheld appropriately.

I want to have my cake and eat it, too.

I want to explore the challenges regarding responsible energy development in Indian Country and talk about possible solutions.

It is amazing what is going on there.

I remind members of this Committee the House recently passed H.R. 538, the Native American Energy Act, with a very strong bipartisan vote of 254 to 173.

So why don't you think you receive meaningful consultation?

If we are going to address our droughts and water supply crisis West-wide, I believe these bills should be part of the solution.

By 2050, we are going to go to about 8.6 to 10 million people. Our population will double in the state by 2050.

My hope is that if there is an agreement reached... it is very important that that rider... doesn't go through, because it would be a waste.

ROVs are not meant to be operated on streets and highways and should not be regulated as such.

as a fifth generation Montanan, I have seen firsthand the struggles rural America faces when it comes to broadband connectivity. I worked in the cloud computing industry for 13 years, so I also know the opportunities created by technology…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 272. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 272) was agreed…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Congress needs to do away with the regulatory roadblocks, and helping these communities streamline investment for broadband infrastructure is one of the key components.

I understand 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. 2146) to hold…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:01 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at 9:30…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 7; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

I ask unanimous consent that the Sasse amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 237, H.R. 34. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill…

Montana has a rich legacy of service to our country. From maintaining our Nation's peace-through-strength strategy at Montana's Malmstrom Air Force Base, where we oversee one- third of our Nation's intercontinental ballistic missiles, to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3116 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…