Press Releases

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement after voting to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court: For video of Daines’ statement, click HERE.  “Today, I proudly voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Barrett’s qualifications and character are indisputable. She is a brilliant jurist, and as a mother of seven children, she is an inspiration to professional women, working moms and school-aged girls across Montana who can feel certain there is no American Dream that women can’t achieve,” Daines said. “Justice Barrett will safeguard our liberties, defend the Constitution, and protect our

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today voted YES on a procedural vote to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Daines also spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to our nation’s highest court. For a clip of Daines’ remarks click HERE. For full remarks click, HERE. All Senate Democrats voted NO to advance Judge Barrett’s nomination. If the procedural vote failed, it would have stopped the confirmation of Judge Barrett from moving forward.  Excerpts from Daines’ remarks:  “Judge Barrett’s qualifications and character are indisputable…  “Judge Barrett

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced a Senate resolution condemning the promises made by Democratic leaders to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices on the bench, known as court packing. Following introduction of the resolution, Daines spoke on the Senate floor about the importance of passing his resolution highlighting how court packing is an attack on the Montana way of life and how it undermines the separation of powers. Click HERE for a clip of the statement below, click HERE for full speech.  “Packing the Supreme Court by moving from the current 9 justices to 11 or 13 would essentially eliminate the Supreme Court

  U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement after the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court was approved out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The full United States Senate will vote on the confirmation in the coming days.  “Judge Amy Coney Barrett is one step closer to becoming Justice Amy Coney Barrett,” Daines said. “Judge Barrett has a brilliant legal mind and she will uphold our constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment, and won’t legislate from the bench. She is a role model for Montanans and working moms across the country, and is someone Montanans would look up to on

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines is set to introduce a Senate resolution condemning the promises made by Democratic leaders to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices on the bench, known as court packing. Daines is fighting to highlight how court packing is an attack on the Montana way of life, Montana jobs, American democracy and the separation of powers. “Packing the Supreme Court is a power grab by the Democrats and an attack on our Montana way of life, from protecting the Second Amendment to Montana energy jobs,” Daines said. “This goes against a 150 year precedent and would make the Court an extension of the legislative branch,