Press Releases

Daines Releases Next Video in Series Illustrating Montanans Affected by Fentanyl Crisis U.S. SENATE – As fentanyl continues to devastate Montana communities, U.S. Senator Steve Daines launched a video series highlighting Montanans affected by the fentanyl crisis. Each week, Daines will highlight a video on his social media channels of a Montanan talking about how President Biden’s failure to secure the southern border and stop the flow of fentanyl into Montana communities affects them personally.     This week, Senator Daines is highlighting the story of Tom Schrapps of Butte and his son, Reilly. Reilly Schrapps passed away in July 2022, after taking a pill

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today at a Senate Banking Committee hearing grilled former executives from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank on their bank failures and the recent turmoil in the banking sector. Click HERE to watch and HERE to download.  Senator Daines: I wouldn’t trade your guys’ places there this morning, I can tell you that. The failures of Silicon Valley Banks, Signature Bank and the general turmoil in the banking sector are the direct result of the failures of executives we have before us today. There’s also a failure of financial regulators. I served on an executive team of a financially sound company

At a U.S. Senate Finance hearing, Daines discusses how burdensome audits have potential to hurt all Americans U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today slammed the Biden administration for spending $80 billion to supersize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to target low to middle-income earners in Montana with burdensome audits.  Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. Daines: I’d like to begin my time by addressing the flawed notion that the inflation Reduction Act’s $80 billion in supplemental funding to the IRS will somehow spare ordinary Americans from increased audits. For years, my Democratic colleagues have called for the IRS to reduce the tax gap, the difference between total taxes owed

U.S. SENATE—U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm urging the Biden administration to join them in continuing to advocate for the preservation of the lower Snake River dams. “We write, as members representing constituents from the Northwest United States, urging the Department of Energy to be an advocate for the continued operation of the entire Federal Columbia River Power System, in particular the hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River, consistent with the 2020 Columbia River System Operations Record of Decision. Hydropower is a reliable and carbon-free resource that provides power

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today released the following statement on the findings of the Durham report. “The Durham Report findings are infuriating and should enrage every American as it shows the Clinton campaign worked with the FBI and Department of Justice to manufacture ‘Russian collusion’ and lie to the American people. What’s worse is a willing and biased news media did their bidding. Many responsible violated their oath to the Constitution and they must be held to account for their actions. Doing so is the only way to start to restore trust in our nation’s institutions, which serve as the foundation upon

Bill Increases Punishment for Criminals Targeting Officers U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines and 28 of his Senate Republican colleagues today introduced the “Back the Blue Act,” which would increase penalties for criminals who target Montana law enforcement officers and provide new tools for officers to protect themselves. “An attack on law enforcement is not only an attack on the Montana men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect us, but an attack on the rule of law and for that reason it merits strong sentencing guidelines,” said Daines. “I will always back the blue and stand up for Montana’s

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines at an Energy and Natural Resources hearing highlighted the need for commonsense permitting reform as Montana mining projects and forestry projects often get caught in a lengthy cycle of permitting and litigation and become extremely costly. Daines also called for the passage of his bipartisan 9th Circuit Cottonwood fix and discussed his bipartisan hydropower bill to streamline the permitting process, increase tribal engagement and oversight, expedite low impact projects, promote healthy habitat and coordinate federal decision making. Download Daines’ remarks HERE. Senator Daines: Chairman Manchin, thank you. The National Environmental Policy Act’s current regulations impose significant time and significant cost burdens