Gabby Wiggins, Author at Senator Steve Daines

Daines Statement on President Biden Removing Cuba’s Designation as State Sponsor of Terror

January 14, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding President Biden’s decision to remove Cuba’s designation by the United States as a state sponsor of terrorism: “With his decision to lift the U.S. government’s designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terror, President Biden continues to appease our enemies, insult our allies and project weakness on the world stage. I look forward to working with President Trump to reverse this and other wrongheaded foreign policy decisions after he is sworn in next week.” ### Contact: Matt Lloyd, Rachel Dumke

Daines Leads Resolution Supporting Geneva Consensus Resolution

January 13, 2025

Resolution Affirms Global Support for Women’s Health, Preserving Human Life and Strengthening Families U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a resolution today supporting the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), which declares support for women’s health, preserving human life and strengthening families. The GCD was originally signed by more than 30 countries, including the United States before the Biden administration withdrew in 2021. “The Geneva Consensus Declaration affirms basic principles that all life is sacred and there is no international right to abortion,” said Daines. “It also declares that families must be protected and defends the sovereign right of nations to enact laws

Daines: If Members of Congress Can’t Balance the Budget, They Shouldn’t Get Paid

January 9, 2025

U.S. SENATE – Senator Steve Daines today re-introduced the “Balanced Budget Accountability Act,” which holds members of Congress accountable to balance the federal budget or not get paid. This legislation is the first bill Daines introduces each Congress and would help address the nation’s spiraling debt crisis. “Under Biden’s administration the national debt soared and inflation hammered Montana families. As we enter a new Congress with a Republican majority in the Senate and get our economy back on track, it’s past time we bring fiscal sanity back to Washington. If Congress can’t do its job and pass a balanced budget, members shouldn’t

Daines on Fox Business’ Kudlow: Trump is Most Powerful, Influential Leader in the World

January 9, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business’ Kudlow to discuss President’s Trump agenda ahead of the President’s meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. Daines on Meeting with President Trump: We’re just about an hour and fifteen minutes from meeting with the President. Larry, as we both know, there’s never been a more influential leader in America than President Trump. At this moment, he’s 12 days away from being sworn in, yet he is the de facto president of the United States as we speak. But even beyond that, he’s the most powerful, influential leader in the world and

Daines: “Grizzly Bear Management Belongs in the Hands of Montanans”

January 8, 2025

Slams Biden Administration for Moving the Goalposts on Recovery U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied Montana and Wyoming’s petition to delist the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystems. “Today’s announcement is incredibly frustrating for Montana. For decades, Montana has followed the science and as a result, the bear has more than recovered in the Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystems. Continuing to move the goalposts on recovery is only harming the bear and putting our Montanan communities at risk. This is

Daines Hails Historic Day for Montana as Tim Sheehy is Sworn in to U.S. Senate

January 3, 2025

U.S. SENATE – Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today after escorting Tim Sheehy for his swearing-in on the floor of the U.S. Senate: “It is an honor to be part of this historic day for Montana. On Day One, Senator Sheehy and I will get to work enacting President Trump’s agenda—securing the border, preventing a massive tax hike and strengthening our national security. Given the tragic events in New Orleans and Las Vegas this week, there is no higher priority than getting the president’s national security team confirmed and in place as soon as possible.” ### Contact: Matt Lloyd, Rachel Dumke

Daines Helps Montanans Recover Nearly $5 Million Dollars From Federal Government in 2024

December 30, 2024

Staff Closed Hundreds of Cases, Attended Over 2,000 Meetings in Montana U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that his staff helped return nearly $5 million from the federal government to Montanans in 2024 and closed hundreds of cases. “Addressing the needs of Montanans is one of the greatest honors of my life and one of the reasons I ran for office. I’m proud of our dedicated team, whose commitment to constituents has paid off quite literally. We’ll always put Montanans first and fight for our great state,” said Daines. In 2024, Daines’ office recovered $4,983,420 from the federal government to

Daines Hails Passage of Bill to Support Montana Hydropower Projects

December 18, 2024

Bill Extends Hydropower Licenses U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today praised Senate passage of his bill, S.3373, to allow for the extension FERC hydropower projects licensed before March of 2020 for an additional four years. As projects in Montana and throughout the United States struggle to meet deadlines due to supply chain shortages, Daines’ bill will give the needed time to start construction and increase energy production in the United States. “Montanans know that an all-of-the-above energy portfolio is best, and that includes hydropower. Supporting Montana hydropower projects is essential to our energy security, helps create Montana jobs and keeps costs low

Daines, Kim Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Pension Benefits for Veteran Families

December 17, 2024

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.) today introduced a bill to prohibit the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) from retroactively collecting pre-approved pension benefits from a veterans’ family following the death of the beneficiary. “Our veterans have served our country at the highest level and deserve our full support. Their families should not be concerned about VA collections calls in their time of grieving because of the VA’s bureaucracy. I am proud to introduce this bipartisan legislation to improve the pension benefits payments process and ensure that our veteran families are not encumbered with

Daines Thanks Senator Tester for Years of Service to Montana

December 9, 2024

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement thanking Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) for his service to Montana. “I’d like to thank Senator Tester for his 25 years of public service to the people of Montana. Jon’s career is an illustration of what makes America so special. Big Sandy is a small town of less than a thousand people in northern Montana, and it was there that Senator Tester got his start on the Big Sandy School Board. He was elected to the Montana Senate in 1998, became Montana Senate president and then ran and won his

Author: Gabby Wiggins