Press Releases

(U.S. Senate) – U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester are raising awareness about the devastating impacts of asbestos on communities and families by designating the first week of April as National Asbestos Awareness Week. Tester and Daines are calling on the U.S. Surgeon General to warn and educate the public about asbestos exposure. “By continuing to raise awareness about the deadly effects of asbestos we can prevent future widespread issues in communities across the country,” Daines stated. “We can never be too educated about asbestos and its terrible effects to guard against them and ensure the folks in Libby know they have our

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that Judge Neil Gorsuch secured the endorsement from the Montana Farm Bureau, Montana Grain Growers Association, Montana Wool Growers Association and the Montana Stockgrowers Association to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.  Hans McPherson, Montana Farm Bureau Federation President: “MFBF supports Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court because of he respects the law and the Constitution as written. He has the experience necessary to be an excellent justice.  Furthermore, his past decisions show that he will not blindly defer to regulating agencies, but will perform his constitutional role of

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today praised the action taken by U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke to protect Montana energy jobs. Zinke today reinstated the Royalty Policy Committee, ended the coal-leasing moratorium and withdrew the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule. Zinke additionally launched a review of several other rules to unleash American energy and restore energy dominance. Daines was with Zinke as he signed these orders at DOI today. “It’s great to see the Trump administration and Secretary Zinke prioritize energy dominance,” Daines stated. “By ending these harmful regulations and instilling commonsense

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that Montana’s Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen and Montana State Auditor Matt Rosendale endorsed Judge Neil Gorsuch to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.  “Our nation needs a strong, principled constitutionalist on our Supreme Court and I have been exceedingly impressed by Judge Gorsuch,” Knudsen stated. “I want to thank Senator Daines for his leadership on this confirmation and hope that the Senate will soon move to make Judge Gorsuch our next Supreme Court Justice.” “Neil Gorsuch has shown throughout his career that he is a principled judge who

(U.S. Senate) – Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester have announced the dates and times of their annual Academy Days this year. The free events will take place in Missoula, Great Falls, and Billings and are open to Montana students interested in attending a military academy or pursuing a career in the military.  These events give students and their families the opportunity to discuss the military academy application process with representatives from Tester’s and Daines’ offices, as well as officials from the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the

U.S. SENATE — The news of President Donald J. Trump’s executive action to roll back the Obama administration’s harmful Clean Power Plan that would threaten 7,000 Montana jobs and end the coal leasing moratorium was welcomed across Montana: Rosebud County Commissioners: “We are excited and relieved to finally have some common sense put back into Washington politics. A great burden will be lifted off the residents of Rosebud County by pulling back these overreaching rules. A special thank you to Senator Daines for his letter to President Trump and fighting to keep Montana in the forefront for energy development.”  Jason

Reverses Coal Leasing Moratorium, Begins to Roll Back EPA Power Plan U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s executive action to end the war on coal. The President’s executive actions reverse the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management’s coal leasing moratorium and start halting the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Daines was with Trump at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters for the signing of the executive action. “By reversing the coal leasing moratorium and rescinding the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan we can unleash American energy innovation and

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that Montana’s Attorney General Tim Fox endorsed Judge Neil Gorsuch to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice: “Judge Gorsuch is unquestionably qualified to be our next Supreme Court Justice, garnering enthusiastic support from across the political and ideological spectrum since his nomination,” Fox stated. “Being from the Rocky Mountain West, Gorsuch will add a regional perspective currently not represented by any of the other justices, including an expertise in Indian law that has rarely existed on our nation’s highest court. Although some in the U.S. Senate haven chosen to play

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the Crow Tribe have endorsed Judge Neil Gorsuch to be the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  Fort Peck: “While no good judge can tell you how he would rule on a matter before he has had a case presentation to him, we believe that Judge Gorsuch is well qualified and has an understanding of Federal Indian law that will Tribes and the United States well if he is confirmed as the next