Steve Daines

H.R. 3994 does not explicitly allow for tribal governments to take advantage of the benefits of invasive species treatments under the bill.

H.R. 3994 protects the ability for local and state governments to enter into partnerships under the new streamlined regulatory framework provided under this bill.

I hope this will reduce this analysis paralysis that we are seeing, and thereby improve our forest health, and protect public safety and infrastructure, certainly.

Given the limited resources of Fish and Wildlife Service and the enormous, enormous poaching problem in Africa, is confiscating bows from the Budapest Orchestra really the best use of taxpayer dollars?

lawfully owning firearms is a very important part of our heritage, including many which would contain pre-ban ivory.

These regulations, I think, seem a bit arbitrary and difficult to follow and are not going to ultimately get to the bottom of this.

we want to make sure we stop poaching and protect the African and Asian elephants.

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Collins of Georgia). The gentleman from Montana is recognized for 5 minutes.

This amendment strikes section 8132, which prohibits the use of funds to reduce or decommission Minuteman III ICBM silos or to put these silos into a nondeployed status other than warm status. A warm silo is one that can be made fully…

Today, I am so proud to congratulate Sean- Daniel Taylor, Kane Knudson, Emma Gabbert, and Hayden Kunhardt, who are students from Washington Middle School in Glendive, Montana, for being top finishers in the Montana History Day Contest…

While I appreciate the gentleman's comments, we have the strong support of HASC, and this is just ensuring that we don't have a decommissioning moving forward here as we reconcile both the appropriations with the NDAA. I yield back the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 124, beginning line 8, strike ``: Provided further'' and all that follows through ``Department of Defense''. The Acting…

In Montana, transportation services like Amtrak and Essential Air Service are critical for the strength of our economy. Montanans rely on rural air service every day, and thousands of tourists ride Amtrak every year to visit Glacier…

This April, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it would be moving forward with a rulemaking that would increase the amount of required liability coverage for truck and bus companies. This comes despite findings…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Just a reminder that the DOT's own study says that less than 0.2 percent of truck-involved accidents have property and injury damages that exceed the current requirements. The bottom line is this: let the small business owner decide what…

Coal is vital to our way of life in Montana. It provides thousands of jobs, affordable electricity for families, and millions of dollars that fund our schools and our parks. So when Montanans hear about new coal regulations from the EPA…

``If America is going to approach adversaries with a dove of peace in one hand, we must have a sword in the other.'' That is what President Reagan wrote when he used U.S. military strength to hasten the demise of the Soviet Union. The…

Like many Montanans, I am outraged by reports that a number of VA clinics have failed to give our veterans the care and honor they deserve. These clinics deliberately covered up delays that may have led to the preventable deaths of at…

While the President is the Commander in Chief--this is the issue of micromanaging--the Constitution gives Congress the power to raise and support armies and to provide and maintain a Navy. It is our duty and responsibility to help shape…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 515, strike lines 19 and 20. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 585, the gentleman from Montana (Mr…

I am prepared to close. Again, I urge support for my amendment, which is to protect our country's nuclear deterrent capability by striking this unwise and premature sunset language in the underlying bill. I yield back the balance of my…

Today the Crow tribe will break ground on the Apsaalooke Warriors Apartment Complex, a 15-room complex that will serve the homeless veterans of the Crow Reservation. The Crow Reservation is home to more than 400 veterans, and far too many…

we passed H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, which would restore active management of our forests.

I can tell you we deal with these issues in Montana forest-wide in our State.