Montana Standard: Dillon student recognized for suicide prevention work
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., on Friday honored Jaydyn Child of Dillon, a Beaverhead County High School student who recently received one of the Girl Scouts’ highest awards, the Gold Award, for her project to raise awareness about suicide prevention among teens and adults in Montana. Daines presented the award at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming office in Bozeman. Child, a junior, received the honor for her service project titled “Teen Suicide — Your Life is Worth Living.” Through this project, she spent 150 hours working, fundraising, making bracelets and creating pamphlets to
NBC Montana: Girl Scouts in Bozeman celebrate new office
BOZEMAN, Mont. – The Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming have added a new office in the Bozeman area. Girls from Daisy to Senior Scout levels gathered Friday for the ribbon cutting of the new Bozeman office. Troop leaders and scouts said there are more than 11,000 Girl Scouts throughout Montana and Wyoming, and a new office will help offer support. U.S. Senator Steve Daines was there to drive home the importance of Girl Scouts to the community. “My wife is a Girl Scout, my daughter is a Girl Scout, my niece is involved in Girl Scouting and it’s so
Daines, Senate Appropriations Committee Move Forward Critical Montana Defense Priorities
Senate defense appropriations bills approved by committee, contains key provisions to support Montana defense priorities WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Steve Daines today helped move forward support for important Montana defense priorities in the Senate Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2016. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the bill today with a strong bipartisan vote of 18-3. “This bill is essential to funding our military,” Daines stated. “I’m proud that this bill contains critical funding for our national security and protects the important role that Montana plays in our national defense.” With Daines’ support, the Defense appropriations bill contains several key provisions to support Montana’s military missions and national security interests, including: Protecting
Daines Helps Introduce Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Steve Daines today helped introduce legislation to protect unborn children from the pain of late-term abortions. Daines is an original cosponsor of the commonsense Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This legislation would prevent late-term abortion nationwide beyond 20 weeks – more than halfway through pregnancy when a baby can feel pain. “The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is an important measure to do exactly that: protect unborn children who can feel pain,” Daines stated. “I believe it is critical to help the most vulnerable in our society and the unborn are certainly among those most in need and deserving of our advocacy.
KMMS: Daines Works to Expand Markets for Montana Energy [VIDEO]
Senator Steve Daines today worked to break down some of the regulatory barriers facing Montana energy producers and expand markets for made in Montana energy. During today’s Energy and Natural Resources hearing, Daines sought to ensure that Montana coal isn’t hindered by duplicative regulations that could increase energy prices and negatively impact the thousands of jobs and more than one hundred million dollars in tax revenue each year that coal provides.
PHOTO: Daines Meets with Children’s Miracle Network Champion Jordynn Hardman
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Steve Daines today met with Helena native Jordynn Hardman, the 2015 Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Champion for Montana. Hardman discussed with Daines her journey to receiving a diagnosis, her plans to become a writer and the important role Children’s Miracle Network plays in her life. Senator Daines with Jordynn Hardman “Jordynn is an incredible young woman who inspires others to live each day to the fullest,” Daines stated. “She is dedicated, smart and resilient and it was honor to be able to hear her story. Children’s Miracle Network has no better ambassador than Jordynn.” “I loved
Daines Works To Expand Markets for Montana Energy
Senator Steve Daines today worked to break down some of the regulatory barriers facing Montana energy producers and expand markets for made in Montana energy. During today’s Energy and Natural Resources hearing, Daines sought to ensure that Montana coal isn’t hindered by duplicative regulations that could increase energy prices and negatively impact the thousands of jobs and more than one hundred million dollars in tax revenue each year that coal provides. Daines: “Can you provide some examples of federal actions where the public would have been better served if federal agencies deliberated the impact to grid reliability in meaningful fashion
Senators Call on Commerce, Ag Secretaries to Prioritize Broadband Access for Rural Americans
Daines, Manchin, King lead bipartisan effort to ensure high-speed broadband for rural communities WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Angus King (I-ME) today led a bipartisan effort to ensure the federal government prioritizes high-speed broadband access for rural Americans. In a bipartisan letter signed by more than a dozen Senators, the Senators pressed Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Co-Chairs of the Broadband Opportunity Council, for a detailed analysis of the various federal broadband initiatives that can be coordinated across agencies to bridge the digital divide and bring rural America into the
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: MSU professor, Daines speak to Stockgrowers
About 75 ranchers and folks from allied industries were at Montana State University on Friday for the Montana Stockgrowers Association’s mid-year meeting. During the general session Friday morning, association president Gene Curry, of Valier, ran down a list of lobbying successes in Helena. The passage of the CSKT water compact, state funding for the Department of Livestock and its Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Bozeman, and defeating the Humane Society of the United State’s proposals were highlighted. Curry was followed by MSU agricultural economics professor Gary Brester. He optimistically told the ranchers that the short- and long-term outlook on cattle prices, which hit