Trade agreement is good for beef producers
Montana cattle may well show up on Chinese dinner tables thanks to an historic agreement between the United States and China. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached a final agreement with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the U.S. to begin the beef exports to China. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the posting of technical documents related to the beginning of shipments. This is welcome news to Montana ranchers, notes Montana Farm Bureau national affairs director Nicole Rolf. “After an almost 14-year hiatus, our members are anxious to start selling our high-quality beef back
Trade agreement with China good for Montana beef producers
Montana cattle may well show up on Chinese dinner tables thanks to an historic agreement between the United States and China. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached a final agreement with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the U.S. to begin the beef exports to China. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the posting of technical documents related to the beginning of shipments. This is welcome news to Montana ranchers, notes Montana Farm Bureau National Affairs Director Nicole Rolf. “After an almost 14- year hiatus, our members are anxious to start selling our high-quality
Montana senators co-sponsor bill to honor Capitol cops after shooting
Montana’s U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines joined the rest of the Senate on Thursday in commending the Capitol Police who responded to a shooting Wednesday involving members of Congress. Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine introduced the bill Thursday in the Senate, where it passed unanimously. Other senators signed on as co-sponsors of the bill. On Wednesday morning, a gunman opened fire on Republicans in Alexandria, Virginia, who were practicing for a charity baseball game against Democratic members of Congress. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot. Also hurt were police officers and congressional staffers. The Senate passed Kaine’s
Daines Honors Montanan of the Week: Pam Moore of Lewis and Clark County
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today recognized Pam Moore, the Benchmark Plant Manager in Lewis and Clark County. Daines’ recognition in the Congressional Record is available here. Through his “Montanan of the Week” initiative, Daines each week will highlight a Montanan by submitting a statement of recognition in the official Congressional Record, the document that reflects the official proceedings of Congress. Daines welcomes anyone to nominate fellow Montanans for Daines’ “Montanan of the Week” program by calling Daines’ office at 202-224-2651 or by filling out the contact form on Daines’ website: http://www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve The following is the statement submitted to
Daines’ Rural Water Projects Bill Receives Senate Hearing
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines’ bill to provide much-needed authorization for Montana rural water infrastructure this week received a legislative hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. The Clean Water for Rural Communities Act authorizes two Bureau of Reclamation rural water projects: the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System and the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System. The bill will collectively facilitate water treatment and delivery to nearly 36,000 residents in Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley, Fergus, Yellowstone and Musselshell Counties in Montana and McKenzie County, in
Daines Questions Forest Service Chief on Montana Projects
U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today questioned U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell on encouraging Montana forest projects. Click HERE to watch Daines’ questioning. Click HERE to download Daines’ questioning. During a U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing, Daines asked Tidwell for an update on the Montanore Mine. The project would provide full employment for 450 people at full production, with an annual payroll of $12 million during the production phase of operations. Additionally, Daines questioned Tidwell on his bill to encourage partnerships between the Forest Service and State Foresters to carry out such landscape restoration
Senators Daines, Hassan Cosponsor Bipartisan Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available
WASHINGTON –Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) this week cosponsored bipartisan legislation to help federal agencies maintain open access to machine-readable databases and datasets created by taxpayer-funded research. The Preserving Data in Government Act, introduced by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), would require federal agencies to preserve public access to existing open datasets, and prevent the removal of existing datasets without sufficient public notice. Small businesses rely on a range of publicly available machine-readable datasets to launch or grow their companies, and researchers and scientists use data to conduct studies for a variety of fields and industries. “Taxpayer funded
Daines on agriculture, climate change and Russia
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana) recently participated in a Q&A with NBC Montana to discuss his thoughts on Russia, his agricultural summit, the Paris Climate Accord, health care and U.S. Rep.-elect Gianforte. NBC Montana: Your ag summit just wrapped up. What did you learn? Why do Montana farmers have reason to be optimistic? Sen. Daines: Well, we had two of the nation’s top ag leaders at the Montana Ag Summit in Great Falls, we had the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, as well as the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee, Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas. Today I’m
Montana Senator Daines Talking About the GOP Shooting
This morning I spoke with Senator Steve Daines of Montana. We were going to talk about how Montana beef and how after over a 10-year ban, it will now be sold in China. But everything went crazy 10 minutes before my morning show, Dominick On The Air, went on the air. There was a shooting in Virginia, someone attacked Republican congress members while they were practicing for a baseball game. I check the Associated Press, then Fox News and CNN. The information is Congressman Steve Scalise has been shot. Others are injured, Senator Rand Paul is on the air saying, “We were