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    U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $1,767,900 in funding for the Montana Migrant Council to provide improved continuity of care, mobile services to rural locations and increased access to affordable care.  “Montana’s Community Health Centers provide reliable access to affordable healthcare close to home,” Daines stated. “This additional funding will help the people of Billings, and other communities, to see improved primary care services.”   Carol Townsend, CEO Montana Migrant Council, Inc: “For a statewide program, this is pertinent funding in order to continue access to primary health care for ag workers in Montana and Wyoming.” The Department of Health and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2017   Daines Announces Over $5 Million in Funding for Community Health Centers in Butte, Livingston and Lincoln   U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $5,276,239 in funding for Community Health Centers in Montana to provide improved continuity of care, mobile services to rural locations and increased access to affordable care.  “Montana’s Community Health Centers provide reliable access to affordable healthcare close to home,” Daines stated. “I’m pleased that Montanans from Butte, Livingston and Lincoln will continue to have the health services they rely on.” The Department of Health and Human Services awarded grants to: Butte:

U.S. CONGRESS —U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Jon Tester (D-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and U.S. Representatives Greg Gianforte (R-MT) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) today voiced strong support for the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) which provides a critical source of water for farmers and ranchers in Montana and North Dakota.  The members sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation urging those agencies to continue to support the project and not reallocate funding currently provided for the LYIP.  On July 5, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris granted an injunction that

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today praised the announcement by Leader Mitch McConnell that the U.S. Senate will delay the start of August recess until the third week of August. “We only had 31 scheduled days in session until the end of the Fiscal Year with no bill to fund the government.  If you were failing school, you wouldn’t take a summer vacation – you would be going to summer school. We have a long list to accomplish and I’m glad that at my urging, the U.S. Senate is staying in session to work on behalf of the American

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $11,822,536 in funding for Community Health Centers in Montana to provide improved continuity of care, mobile services to rural locations and increased access to affordable care.  “Montana’s Community Health Centers provide reliable access to affordable healthcare close to home,” Daines stated. “I’m glad that Montanans from Hardin to Havre to Helena will continue to have quality care.”  The Department of Health and Human Services awarded grants to: Billings: Yellowstone City & County Health Department: $2,876,414.00 Hardin: Bighorn Valley Health Center: $2,566,840.00 Havre: Bullhook Community Health Center, Inc.: $1,478,045.00 Helena: County of Lewis & Clark $1,459,658.00:

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines asked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to cancel the Senate’s scheduled August state work period if meaningful progress has not been made on the following five priorities: fixing health care, funding the government, dealing with the debt ceiling, passing a budget resolution and improving the tax code.   Daines outlined his request in a letter sent Leader McConnell, which included a countdown of the remaining scheduled work days until the end of the fiscal year, September 30.  “Our current Senate calendar shows only 33 potential working days remaining before the end of the fiscal year,” Daines

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced his recommendation to President Donald J. Trump for the position of U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Billings’s attorney Kurt Alme.   Congress organized the District of Montana as one judicial district in 1889.  It is the largest geographical federal court district in the continental United States. The President of the United States nominates U.S. Attorneys based on the Senator’s recommendation. Nominees must then be confirmed by the full U.S. Senate. The United States Attorney is the chief federal law enforcement officer in their district and is also involved in civil litigation

U.S. SENATE — Following U.S. Senator Steve Daines’ urging, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that he is authorizing emergency grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage for any county whose border, in part, lies within 150 miles of a county approved for emergency grazing of CRP.    “Today’s decision by Secretary Perdue is a step in the right direction to provide emergency relief in light of severe conditions,” Daines stated. “I will continue to work on behalf of Montana farmers and ranchers as our state continues to face a serious drought.”   Yesterday, Daines sent a letter to Perdue outlining the