Alison Perfater, Author at Senator Steve Daines

Daines Commends Ambassador to U.N. Nominee Elise Stefanik for Support of Israel

January 21, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today discussed the importance of standing with Israel and combatting Iran’s nuclear weapons program with President Trump’s nominee for U.N. Ambassador, Elise Stefanik. Watch Daines’ and Stefanik’s full exchange HERE. Daines: Congresswoman Stefanik, congratulations on your nomination and thank you for being here today. I’m very pleased to see President Trump placing such a strong emphasis on this very important position of Ambassador to the United Nations. It’s important for the United States to be active at the table at the UN to protect and advance U.S. interests. It’s hard to imagine that the United Nations, which was

Daines Statement on Trump Inauguration: “It’s a New Day in America”

January 20, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement after President Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States today: “It’s a new day in America. The American people have had enough of unaffordable prices, an out-of-control border and weakness on the world stage,”said Daines. “I’m excited to work with President Trump to restore America’s greatness.”

Daines Introduces Bill to Make Increased Wildland Firefighters’ Pay Permanent

January 17, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced his bipartisan “Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act” to maintain the pay raise secured for Montana wildland firefighters in Daines’ bipartisan “Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act” that was signed into law in 2021. “Montana’s brave wildland firefighters put their lives on the line every day to protect our lands and our communities. I’m proud of this bipartisan, commonsense legislation that will make their well-earned pay raise permanent, and I’ll always be fighting for more ways to support our selfless Montana heroes,” said Daines. Read the bill text HERE. Background: The “Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act” would permanently secure

Daines Introduces Legislation to Improve, Expand Medicare Coverage for Montanans

January 17, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Senate colleagues in reintroducing the “Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act” to expand Medicare coverage of chiropractic services for Montanans. The bill will ensure Montanans enrolled in the program can access care as a non-drug alternative for pain management, as well as x-rays and other diagnostic services needed to determine and prescribe appropriate chiropractic treatments. “I’m glad to join this commonsense bill to expand Medicare coverage because our seniors deserve better access to care for their health care needs. The less barriers to care the better,”said Daines. “I will always fight for higher quality, better access and lower cost medical care

Daines, Trump Treasury Nominee Talk Tax Permanency, Support for Montana Small Businesses at Senate Finance Hearing

January 16, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today discussed the importance of certainty and permanency of the tax code and the small business deduction with President Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent. Watch Daines’ and Bessent’s full exchange HERE. Daines: Chairman, thank you. Mr. Bessent, good to have you this morning. I think what we’re seeing here in this committee is we really do have a divide between two very different philosophies about how to go forward and what’s best for the American people in this economy and what’s best for global competitiveness. I remember sitting right in this chamber as we were debating whether or

Daines Secures Commitment from Trump Department of Energy Secretary Nominee Chris Wright to Support Made in Montana Energy

January 15, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today secured a commitment from Trump’s Secretary of Energy nominee Chris Wright to support energy development in Montana and voiced his support for Wright’s confirmation in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Watch Daines’ and Wright’s full exchange HERE. Daines highlighted the importance of an all-of-above energy portfolio and asked for Wright’s commitment to support reliable, affordable sources of energy in Montana. Wright agreed. Daines: One of the first things you can do as Secretary, I think, is to refocus the Department on pro-baseload energy policies. Baseload power resources like coal, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear, I think will

Daines Statement on Biden Foreign Policy Address

January 13, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding President Joe Biden’s foreign policy speech today: “Joe Biden’s foreign policy has been a disaster. From the 13 U.S. service members who were killed at Abbey Gate to not providing Israel and Ukraine the assistance they need in a timely manner, the Biden administration has projected nothing but weakness. As a result, the United States is less safe and the world less stable. This is why the American people voted for a new direction and when President Trump takes office a week from

Daines Introduces Bills to Combat Child Trafficking at the Southern Border

January 10, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines this week introduced two bills to combat the abuse and trafficking of children at the southern border. The “End Child Trafficking Now Act” requires familial DNA testing at the southern border, and the “Preventing the Recycling of Immigrants is Necessary for Trafficking Suspension (PRINTS) Act” prevents the abusive practice of “child recycling” by giving U.S. Customs and Border patrol (CBP) the authority to fingerprint non-citizens under the age of 14 at the border. “Biden’s failure on the border crisis has resulted in a humanitarian crisis and the exploitation of our innocent children by gangs and cartels,” said Senator Daines.“We must put an end to this

Daines Calls Forest Service Withdrawal of Old Growth Amendment “Victory for Commonsense, Local Management of our Forests”

January 7, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today after the U.S. Forest Service announced it is withdrawing the National Old Growth Amendment draft environmental impact statement: “Montanans are sick of breathing in smoke and the Forest Service heard their concerns loud and clear. Today is a victory for commonsense local management of our forests. Now the folks on the ground can get back to managing our forests rather than bowing to the green lobby and getting bogged down in needless paperwork. Montana’s old growth forests are already protected by each individual Forest Plan, so this proposal would have simply delayed work

Daines Votes to Certify President-Elect Donald Trump’s Electoral College Victory

January 6, 2025

Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today after voting to certify the election results. Senator Daines and Senator Sheehy on the House floor voting to certify the election. Download a video statement HERE. “The American people overwhelmingly elected Donald Trump and rejected the Left’s radical agenda in November, and today I was proud to certify the election results. I look forward to working with President Trump to secure our border, prevent massive tax hikes, unleash made-in-Montana energy and strengthen our national security. Under President Trump’s leadership, we will put American families, jobs and values first.”

Author: Alison Perfater