Alison Perfater, Author at Senator Steve Daines

Daines Calls for Permanent Tax Break for Small Businesses

September 25, 2024

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today was joined by The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) President Brad Close for a press conference on the importance of stopping the massive tax hike on small businesses. They, along with small business owners called for passage of Daines’ “Main Street Tax Certainty Act,” which makes the 20 percent tax deduction for small businesses permanent. Download Daines’ remarks HERE. “Well, thanks for coming out today. I’m just honored and thrilled to be standing here with so many small business owners from across America. “I grew up as the son of a contractor. Mom and dad had a small home-building business

Daines Slams Biden, Harris, Senate Democrats on Broken Promises

September 24, 2024

“An Administration that promised Bipartisanship and Hope Has Only Brought Destruction and Despair” Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “So, I’ve heard about the ‘Borders Czar,’ I’ve heard about the ‘Broadband Czar,’ Kamala Harris is also the ‘Tie Breaking Czar,’ having broken more ties as Vice President in the U.S. Senate than any other Vice President our nation’s history, surpassing both John Calhoun and John Adams. And look at the wreckage left behind from these tie-breaking votes. “Sky-high prices have driven groceries and housing costs through the roof. The wide-open southern border has allowed terrorists and dangerous criminals into our communities. “The Biden-Harris EPA administrator accused the good people of

Daines Calls Out Biden-Harris Failures to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children

September 24, 2024

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and their bicameral Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris calling out abuses in the Administration’s unaccompanied migrant children program. The lawmakers wrote in the letter, “As a result of your open-borders policies, overseen by Vice President Harris, who was tasked with “stemming the migration” at our border with Mexico, more than 500,000 unaccompanied alien children (UACs) have crossed the southwest border without a parent or guardian to provide care since you took office, a massive increase when compared to previous administrations.

Daines Blasts Harris, Senate Dems, Radical Pro-Abortion Activists for Politicizing Women’s Health

September 24, 2024

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today called out the radical left for wrongly criminalizing pro-lifers after recent devastating medical tragedies from the abortion pill. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “Democrats and the media are complicit in using these tragedies – such as the stories out of Georgia last week – to blame Republicans and red states for attacking women’s rights and women’s health care. Yet, the irony is that these tragedies would have never occurred if the Biden Administration and the FDA had kept the safety precautions for chemical abortions – including the in-person dispensing requirement and follow-up visit with a medical provider

Daines, Risch, Crapo Push Back Against Forest Service’s Red Tape Proposals

September 20, 2024

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today sent a letter to the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) pushing back against a proposed amendment to the National Forest System’s 128 Forest Plans. The amendment would add unnecessary red tape guidelines on local forests and halt necessary forest management work, increasing the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The senators wrote in the letter, “Every fire season more acres of our western National Forests are scorched in catastrophic wildfires while needed management work is put on hold. Drought, insects,

Daines on Senate Floor: “Now is the Time for Serious Budget Reform”

September 19, 2024

Delivers Remarks Slamming Congress’ Broken Budget Process U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks on the Senate floor calling for serious reforms to Congress’ budget process. Daines highlighted Congress’ record of ignoring the “Budget Control Act” and routine failure to enact all 12 appropriations bills by September 30th. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. Daines’ remarks as prepared for delivery: “Mr. President, it’s been my privilege to represent the people of Montana in Congress for more than a decade. “I have seen Congress wrestle and struggle with many challenges during my time here. I’ve heard my constituents voice concerns, and deservedly so, about

Daines: “Biden-Harris Energy Policies Destroying Our Montana Way of Life”

September 17, 2024

Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “I do find it a bit humorous when you hear Kamala Harris talk about ‘on day one’ to translate three and a half plus years. That’s over 1,300 day ones that she’s had so far. “But I’ll tell you what she has been doing. This Administration’s policies are harming our Montana way of life. “Let me give an example. Just last week, we got the terrible news that the Stillwater mine is laying off 700 miners. The mine is just south of Big Timber in Columbus, Montana. It’s a very important strategic mine for our country, because

Daines Demands Changes to Biden-Harris Admin on Policy that Hurts Montana Mines

September 13, 2024

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury urging Secretary Yellen to include extraction costs in the final regulations for the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (45X) to ease pressures the mining industry is facing due to Russian interference. The letter comes after previous demands from the Senator went unanswered and in response to news that Montana’s Stillwater Mine was forced to lay off 700 employees due to the Biden-Harris administration’s decision to allow imports of critical minerals from Russia. Daines wrote in the letter: “With the recent announcement that the nation’s only platinum and

Daines Slams Biden-Harris Tax Hikes on Small Businesses, Montana Families

September 12, 2024

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today at a Senate Finance Committee hearing slammed President Biden and Vice President Harris for waging a tax war on main street businesses and families already living paycheck to paycheck. Daines called out Vice President Harris’ plan to repeal the 20 percent deduction for small and family-owned small businesses. Daines is working to make this deduction permanent.Daines Slams Biden-Harris Tax Hikes on Small Businesses, Montana Families Watch Daines’ opening remarks HERE. “Despite their rhetoric, Vice President Harris and the Democrats are launching a war on our main street businesses and Americans who are already living paycheck to paycheck. In

Daines Leads Colleagues in Calling Out Biden’s VA for Mismanagement, Failing to Serve American Veterans

August 27, 2024

U.S. Senator Steve Daines led his colleagues in sending a letter to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) expressing strong disappointment of the VA’s mismanagement and failure to effectively serve American veterans, specifically the unacceptable budget shortfall stemming its failure to correctly implement the “PACT Act.” Daines wrote in the letter: “There are numerous examples of ignoring Congressional intent, but perhaps the most illustrative is the implementation of the PACT Act. In January 2023, the VA announced it would begin processing PACT Act benefits claims for all veterans and survivors, completely ignoring statutory requirements that benefits be phased in over an 8-year period. What resulted was a $15

Author: Alison Perfater