Steve Daines

I probably hear more complaints about IHS than anything else I hear out in Indian country.

What is the preliminary thinking where the infrastructure doesn't exist today on 4G LTE around what FirstNet will do?

Last week in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in reference to the new coal valuation rule, you stated that the proposed rule will 'Streamline and make the process more efficient, providing more certainty on the return…

the Keystone XL Pipeline means opportunity for the American people. The President is standing in the way of jobs. He is standing in the way of affordable energy. He is standing in the way of our Nation's energy security. His recent veto…

Today, the CBO came out with their latest projections that we will be at $25-26 trillion over the course of the next ten years.

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the IRRIGATE Act.

My concern is, what I see here is, the primary beneficiary of these increased liability and requirements here for our motor carriers is going to be the trial lawyers.

Can I get your commitment that we can work together to find the necessary savings?

It is Montana's number one industry, a $5 billion industry across our State.

I offer you a warm welcome from both Senator Tester and myself to Washington.

I think we all agree the LWCF is one of the important tools we have to increase access to public lands.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Keystone XL Pipeline

We would just like to have the State have primacy there to get that all aligned on one plan.

The concern is the continuing delays. The price for maintenance keeps going up and we are losing economic growth opportunities which create more taxes and so forth and for our people in Montana.

The rebalance to the Asia-Pacific was one of the drivers for the Navy's recently-released A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready.

Congress' intent for reasonable protection did not include those damages incurred as a result of an extremely limited number of 'worst case' accidents.

Thank you, Madam Secretary, Mr. Secretary, for being here, for answering questions.

I have had e-mails from respected, well-known CIOs in our country playing right in the middle of cloud computing, some of whom are almost despondent over what was announced last week with the FCC.

My concern--you know, certainly broadband access is important especially for rural states like Montana. I am just concerned that the FCC stepping in to regulate something that it does not understand fully and number two, cannot keep up…

I'm concerned the Forest Service is not moving fast enough to implement this policy.

I want to express my concern and serious interest in protecting American intellectual property in this process.

I think that is a direction we probably need to head. I hear that from our tribes as well.

If I can get your commitment that we will work together, whether it is administratively or legislatively, to get that ball across the goal line.

I would be very willing to work with you all, looking at how we can reduce the overhead so the dollars are getting down to the people who need the help.

I think many of us believe a peace through strength strategy, particularly in this world that is increasingly more dangerous, is the right approach.