Press Releases

U.S. SENATE — As a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Steve Daines today advanced five bills benefiting Montana including legislation to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), provide Montana communities with clean drinking water, permanently protect the Paradise Valley and Gardiner Basin from mining, and restore national parks’ aging infrastructure. Daines was instrumental in ensuring these bills advanced in the Committee. Daines issued the following video statement on the five bills that impact Montana: Watch HERE Download HERE Daines will continue pushing these bills through the legislative process and will work with

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) responded to his request to open a court-ordered objection period to allow all Montanans to provide public comment on the recent closure of the mountain bike uses across 62 miles of trails in the Blue Joint and Sapphire Wilderness Study areas found on the Bitterroot National Forest. “With over 80 percent of Montanans recreating on their public lands, rivers, and lakes, and Montana’s outdoor recreation economy accounting for over $7 billion in consumer spending, we should be facilitating more participation and public input in public land management decisions, and

U.S. SENATE —Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a bill into law that prioritizes Montana’s military units, installations, research partners, universities, small businesses and manufacturers. The bill is critical to Montana, Malmstrom, Montana National Guard and the rest of the nation. The bill also secures a 2.6% pay raise for troops – the largest in 10 years. “Montana’s military assets play a critical role in defending our great nation, and this bill will help strengthen and enhance that role,” Daines said.  “As a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, I’m glad to have worked to get this important bill signed into law on

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted Montana an extension to allow more time to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005. “As a Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I’m pleased that DHS has granted an extension for Montana,” Daines said. “I will continue to fight to protect the privacy of law-abiding Montanans in all ways possible, while also working to ensure our nation is secure.” The extension means that Montana-issued driver’s licenses or identification cards may continue to be used for boarding commercial aircraft and

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement on today’s Judiciary Committee Hearing with Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh:  Watch HERE Download HERE  “I watched the entire hearing from gavel to gavel. I made it very clear from the beginning that I wanted to hear from both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh because of the seriousness of these allegations. And I thank both of them for coming before the Committee to be heard. But as I watched it today, I concluded that there is no corroborating evidence to support this serious allegation. Rather, this seems to be an orchestrated smear campaign

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senators Steve Daines (Mont.), Cory Gardner (Colo.) and Richard Burr (N.C.) led a colloquy today on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Without congressional action, the program is set to expire at the end of the month.     Watch HERE Download HERE “As an avid outdoorsman myself, I know first-hand the importance of our public lands… LWCF ensures that our booming outdoor economy can continue to grow. It allows hunters, anglers and others sportsmen to have access to their public land… LWCF is a program

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senators Steve Daines (Mont.) and Angus King (Maine) today introduced S. 3497, the bipartisan Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act, to reverse an unintended policy of the Affordable Care Act that is currently denying millions of seniors and people with disabilities the full measure of their Medicare Advantage benefits. “This damaging Obamacare policy has left 17,000 Montanans without the Medicare benefits they deserve,” Daines said. “Our bipartisan bill will ensure that seniors and people with disabilities receive the full scope of the Medicare Advantage benefits.” “The Medicare Advantage program serves tens of thousands of Maine seniors, but the Quality Incentive Payment program designed to encourage top-level care and decrease costs for beneficiaries is currently

U.S. SENATE — Today, President Trump signed U.S. Senator Steve Daines’ bill requiring U.S. Senate candidates to file campaign reports electronically into law. Daines, who chairs the Legislative Branch Subcommittee on Appropriations, fought to include the provision, which increases campaign transparency for U.S. Senate candidates, in the bill. The new requirement will take effect immediately. “I’m very pleased to see one of the most important campaign finance reforms in recent history be signed into law,” Daines said. “Campaigns should be as transparent as possible and this bill mandates that U.S. Senate candidates file their campaign finance reports electronically so the information