Press Releases

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced the Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act. The bill requires most federal buildings to have dedicated rooms for breastfeeding mothers. “Mothers who are breastfeeding should have a private, clean, and safe place to go in federal buildings,” Daines said. “It’s long overdue new moms have this resource, and I’m glad this bill provides just that.” The bill requires that federal buildings that are open to the public and contain a public restroom provide a lactation room, other than a bathroom, that is hygienic and is available for use by members of the public who are breastfeeding. The lactation room

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today secured a $10 million increase for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), bringing funding for the program to $435 million for 2019. Daines is a member of the Interior Subcommittee on the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations that has funding jurisdiction over the LWCF.  “Over the past week, we’ve made significant progress for the LWCF from securing an increase in funding, to passing the bipartisan public lands package out of the Senate,” Daines said.  “I will not stop fighting for full funding of this critical program that is so important for our public lands and Montana way

U.S. SENATE –U.S. Senator Steve Daines today voted to make a down payment on strengthening the nation’s border security and to keep the federal government open and funded.  “I was just down in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the southern border with border patrol, and witnessed firsthand the consequences of a porous border. We’ve got a crisis on our hands with illegal drugs and immigrants flooding across the border, and it’s destroying our families,”Daines said. “Today I voted on a down payment strengthening our nation’s border security, and to keep the government open, running and funded for our workers. Much more remains to be done,

U.S. CONGRESS – U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester and Congressman Greg Gianforte announced today that Madison Edwards of Missoula received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Edwards is currently a senior at Big Sky High School. “I congratulate Madison on her nomination to the United States Air Force Academy,” Daines said. “From running track and cross country, to being a member of the National Honor Society, Madison has proven herself as a strong leader. I wish her nothing but the best in her next chapter serving our nation at the Academy.” “Madison has proven herself as an incredible student and athlete, now she

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy urging a swift vote in the House on the bipartisan public lands package which passed the Senate yesterday. The letter was also sent to House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Raul Grijalva and Ranking Member Rob Bishop.   “We write to urge immediate House action on S. 47, the Natural Resources Management Act, recently favorably reported by the U.S. Senate by a strong bipartisan 92 to 8 vote,” the letter states. “The bill represents a bicameral and bipartisan agreement to achieve

Today, the United States Senate passed a landmark bipartisan public lands package championed by U.S. Senator Steve Daines. The public lands package includes permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), and the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act among other provisions important to conservation and public access to public lands. “Today’s vote is a watershed moment for conservation and public lands across Montana and our entire country,” Daines said. “From permanent reauthorization of LWCF to permanent protection of Paradise Valley, I’m very pleased we passed this important package today in the Senate. I urge the House to act quickly so that we

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today cosponsored legislation that would commission a federal study on missing and murdered indigenous people. The bill would help hold federal agencies accountable in their response to missing and murdered indigenous women.  This bill comes in response to a hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Daines secured on Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a missing woman of the Blackfeet Tribe and in concert with Daines’ request for a field hearing on the epidemic in Montana.  “In dealing with this tragedy of missing and murdered women, we must do better. We must do better for the loved ones of those who go

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to urge his colleagues to take action and vote for the bipartisan public lands package that includes the permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act.   “I’m here today to urge my Senate colleagues to support Senate Bill 47, a lands package. This includes 100 locally driven as well as nationally important bills. Specifically, there are two that are very important bills for Montana, the first is the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the second is the

U.S. CONGRESS – U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester and Congressman Greg Gianforte today reintroduced a bipartisan bill to provide much-needed authorization for Montana rural water infrastructure. “The fact of the matter is that thousands of Montanans still lack access to steady safe drinking water,” Daines stated. “Water is a basic necessity for any community. We depend on a steady supply to provide clean drinking water, irrigate our crops, water our livestock and provide energy through hydropower. That’s why it’s so important that we get this bill passed.” “Unfortunately, not all Montanans have access to a reliable supply of water,” Gianforte said. “This critical