Daines, Gianforte Urge for Prioritization of Rock Creek, Montanore Mines
U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines and U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte are urging the Trump administration to prioritize the Rock Creek and Montanore Mines that have languished in bureaucracy and litigation for far too long. The Montanore and Rock Creek projects located in Lincoln County and Sanders County will mine two of only four silver and copper deposits in the country. Both projects require additional analysis and coordination among the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after decades of analysis and litigation. These projects have been thoroughly vetted, researched and reviewed, beginning as early as the 1990s
Daines to Welcome VMware COO to Montana Tech Summit
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that VMware Chief Operating Officer Sanjay Poonen will deliver a keynote address at the Montana High Tech Jobs Summit. The Summit, co-sponsored by Daines, will take place in Missoula on October 9. The Montana Tech Summit will serve as a unique opportunity to bring together the nation’s tech leaders in the hub of Montana’s growing technology sector. The Summit will highlight Montana’s growing role in the nation’s high-tech economy and serve as an opportunity to discuss ways to create more good-paying Montana tech jobs. VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure
Daines, Tester Press to Reduce Red Tape for Forest Management
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester today testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on their bill to reverse the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. U.S. Forest Service. The bill seeks to codify the position taken by the Obama administration that federal agencies are not required to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service at a programmatic level when new critical habitat is designated or a new species is listed. Currently there are conflicting court interpretations in the Ninth (Cottonwood Environmental Law
Daines Discusses Flathead Valley Cyber Threat with FBI Director
U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Chris Wray about the cyber threat facing students and families in the Flathead Valley. Click HERE to watch Daines’ remarks. Click HERE to download Daines’ remarks. Daines’ discussion with Wray is as follows: Daines: “Director Wray, cyber-terrorism is an emerging threat that has become all too real in Montana. Two weeks ago, the Columbia Falls School district received cyber-threats promising harm and demanding ransom. This forced the closure of more than thirty schools for three days and affecting over fifteen thousand Montana children. This is
KGVO: FBI Director Answers Questions About the Flathead Valley Cyber Threats
Cyber-crimes are being committed all across the United States and Montana is no exception. On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Steve Daines spoke with the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the recent cyber threats in the Flathead Valley. “Cyber-terrorism is an emerging threat that has become all too real in Montana,” said Daines. “Two weeks ago, the Columbia Falls School district received cyber-threats promising harm and demanding ransom. This forced the closure of more than thirty schools across multiple school districts and affected over fifteen thousand Montana children. This is unprecedented. We have not seen that before.” The culprit responsible for the
Daily Inter Lake: Daines Discusses Cyber Threats with FBI Director
The cyber threats made against families and schools in the Flathead Valley earlier this month got national attention Wednesday when U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., probed FBI Director Chris Wray to explain how his bureau is working to bring the criminals to justice. “Cyber-terrorism is an emerging threat that has become all too real in Montana,” Daines said. The senator told the FBI director the threats made against the Columbia Falls School District promised harm and demanded a ransom, forcing the closure of more than 30 schools for three days and impacted more than 15,000 children. “This is unprecedented. We
Montana Standard: Daines, Tester, Gianforte all demand investigation of meat-inspection agency in Montana
In strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the acting head of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, all members of Montana’s congressional delegation — U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester and U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte — are calling for investigations into the FSIS and its treatment of Butte’s Riley Meats and other small Montana meat processing plants. The letters follow a two-day series, “Through the Meat Grinder,” in The Montana Standard and other Lee Montana newspapers last week detailing a pattern of nonexistent regulations being applied to Riley’s Meats and several other Montana plants. In
ABC Fox Montana: Daines Returns from Security, Trade Mission to South Korea, Taiwan
Senator Steve Daines returns from a two-day trip to South Korea and then to Taiwan. Senator Daines told ABCFOX Montana the trip to South Korea overall was a success. He helped to expand the markets for Montana products. Also, he got a first-hand look at the nuclear threat of North Korea. First from the air, Senator Steve Daines hopped aboard a Blackhawk helicopter to the Korean demilitarized zone looking into North Korea. “It was chilling you see face to face the threat. It makes us that much more grateful for the men and women, who put their lives in harm’s
New York Times: Corporations Have Rights. Why Shouldn’t Rivers?
DENVER — Does a river — or a plant, or a forest — have rights? This is the essential question in what attorneys are calling a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit, in which a Denver lawyer and a far-left environmental group are asking a judge to recognize the Colorado River as a person. If successful, it could upend environmental law, possibly allowing the redwood forests, the Rocky Mountains or the deserts of Nevada to sue individuals, corporations and governments over resource pollution or depletion. Future lawsuits in its mold might seek to block pipelines, golf courses or housing developments and force everyone