Daines Discusses Impacts of Cancelling Keystone XL, Irresponsible Forest Management at Senate Hearing
U.S. SENATE – At a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Steve Daines questioned Alberta Premier Jason Kenney on the widespread effects of the Biden administration’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline on energy security, the economy and the United States’ relationship with Canada. Click HERE to watch and download “Premier, you know better than most what the Keystone XL Pipeline meant for jobs, revenue and energy security…That’s why Alberta filed a suit against the United States seeking $1.3B in damages. Let me just read a line from that filing: The Biden Administration’s decision to revoke the Keystone XL Pipeline
Daines Votes to Send Lethal Aid to Ukraine to Help End Putin’s War of Aggression
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines released the following statement after voting to advance sending aid to Ukraine: “The United States stands as a beacon of hope and symbol of freedom around the world—we must continue to stand with Ukraine and help their brave warriors defeat Putin. As the first United States Senator to step foot inside Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, I saw firsthand the evil and bloodshed at the hands of Putin, but I also saw clear evidence that the military aid from the United States and our allies has been used to deliver major setbacks against Russian forces,” Daines
Daines Calls on Biden to Combat Rise in Crime, Southern Border Crisis
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines helped introduce a Senate resolution calling on the Biden administration to work with Congress to develop a plan to combat the rise in crime and the crisis at the southern border. The Resolution comes as the nation honors National Police Week. “Montana is a northern border state with a southern border problem, and our families and communities are being directly impacted by Biden’s incompetent handling of the crisis at our southern border and the rise in crime,” Daines said. “For the safety of Montanans, it’s high time Biden stops ignoring the southern border crisis he created and stops allowing crime
Daines Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Honor Montana WWII Nurses with a Congressional Gold Medal
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced a bipartisan bill to honor Montanans who served in World War II as members of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and U.S. Navy Nurse Corps with a Congressional Gold Medal. “America’s nurses who served our nation during World War II did so with honor and distinction,” Daines said. “The compassion and care they gave undoubtedly contributed to America’s victory, and for that they have earned Congress’ highest honor—the Congressional Gold Medal.” Read the bill text HERE. ### Contact: Rachel Dumke, Katie Schoettler
Daines Defends Montana Service Members from Vaccine Punishment
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced a bill to counter the Biden administration’s efforts to coerce and punish Montana service members who decline the COVID-19 vaccine, and include accountability measures in response to DoD efforts to undermine transparency. “Montana service members selflessly defend our nation and our freedoms—it’s our duty to defend their liberties and rights to make personal decisions when it comes to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine,” Daines said. “I will always stand with Montana service members and ensure the brave men and women in uniform are not punished by President Biden’s overreaching vaccine mandates.” This bill would require
Daines Introduces Bill to Reauthorize the National Park Foundation
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, the top Republican on the National Parks Subcommittee, introduced a bill to reauthorize the National Park Foundation which will help increase support for Montana’s national parks. “Our national parks help set America apart from the rest of the world, and in Montana, our parks are part of our way of life,” Daines said. “The National Park Foundation continues to play an important role in supporting and amplifying the National Parks Service mission — we must continue to support them to help ensure folks can experience our parks for generations to come.” This funding is used by
Daines Votes No on Democrats’ Bill to Allow Abortion on Demand Until Birth
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, founder and chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today voted against the Democrats’ radical “Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act,” which imposes abortion on demand without limits up until the moment of birth across all fifty states. Daines spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to the bill yesterday. To watch the full speech, click HERE. “Under the Democrats’ bill, a preborn child, simply for the crime of being ‘unwanted’, or ‘inconvenient’, or ‘unplanned’, could be subjected to brutal dismemberment procedures, in which the unborn child bleeds and feels excruciating pain as she dies from being pulled apart
Daines Delivers Speech on the Democrats’ Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, founder and chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today spoke on the floor of the United States Senate ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the Democrats’ radical “Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act,” which imposes abortion on demand without limits up until the moment of birth across all fifty states. To watch the full speech, click HERE. Excerpts from Daines’ remarks as prepared for delivery: “What began with the unprecedented leak of the draft majority opinion last Monday, has quickly devolved into protesting at the justices’ homes, threatening and disrupting church services, vandalizing pregnancy resource centers
Daines, Colleagues Side with Sportsmen, Urge Biden Admin Against Banning Lead Ammo & Tackle on Public Lands
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today led a group of his Senate Republican colleagues in urging Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Martha Williams not to cave in to activists’ calls to restrict the use of lead ammo and tackle on public lands. “Policies or actions that reduce or limit sportsmen activities necessarily implicate wildlife conservation programs by affecting state agencies’ revenue. Such policies or actions also handcuff wildlife managers by removing a critical conservation tool while needlessly alienating one of our original conservationists, sportsmen. Phasing-out lead ammo and tackle on wildlife refuges would disproportionately affect lower-income