Daines to Reintroduce Bill to Deny Gov’t Pensions to Child Predators Following Public Release of IHS Weber Report
U.S. SENATE — Next week, U.S. Senator Steve Daines will be reintroducing the “Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act,” to prevent convicted child predators from receiving government-funded pensions. This follows the public release of the Indian Health Service’s report examining how the agency allowed convicted sexual predator Stanley Patrick Weber to work in IHS as a pediatrician while abusing his patients. “IHS failed us all when it ignored warnings and enabled Stanley Weber to perpetrate his abuses against his young patients. Despite being convicted for his crimes, Weber was able to collect his taxpayer-funded pension for years. That is not acceptable. I am reintroducing
Daines Votes Against Fiscal Insanity
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today voted to oppose Washington’s fiscal insanity. “I voted against fiscal insanity today. Congress must get its fiscal house in order and it is irresponsible for Congress to increase the nation’s debt limit without taking any steps to actually reduce the debt itself. If the Democrats are going to use a partisan process to pass a massive tax & spending spree bill, they can use the same process to raise the debt ceiling,” Daines said. #### Contact: Katherine McKeogh, Katie Schoettler
Senate Democrats Block Passage of Daines’ Bill to Open Northern Border
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines went to the floor of the U.S. Senate to try and pass his bill, the “Restoring Northern Border Travel Act,” which would require the Biden administration to open the northern border. Senate Democrats blocked passage of Daines’ bill, despite several of them saying they support opening the northern border. Watch and download the remarks HERE. “While our southern border remains wide open to illegal drugs and illegal immigrants, many potentially COVID-positive or unvaccinated, our northern border remains closed because of President Biden. The hypocrisy here is incredible, it’s infuriating, and it’s unexplainable,” Daines said. After Democrats blocked
Daines Announces Over $200K to Support Great Falls’ Community Policing
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that $239,000 will be awarded to the City of Great Falls to support community policing and implement a Crisis Intervention Team. “Crisis intervention training is critical for the safety of Montana communities, families and law enforcement. I’m glad to see Great Falls receive this important funding,” Daines said. Daines helped secure this funding through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in December 2020. ### Contact: Katherine McKeogh, Katie Schoettler
Daines Presses DHS for Answers on Release of Haitian Migrants into U.S.
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines is demanding answers from Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas about reports that thousands of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, were released into the interior of the U.S. instead of facing removal as the Administration had previously pledged. “While we applaud the Administration’s original stated intent to expel the majority of migrants under the CDC’s Title 42 order or to expeditiously remove them, we are concerned that DHS did not actually carry out this plan, deployed resources in a manner that weakened border security, and undermined the deterrent effect of any future statements that the Biden
Daines Statement on Democrats’ Proposed House Congressional Districts for New Montana Seats
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement after the proposed maps for Montana’s new U.S. House of Representatives seats were released. “The maps proposed by the Democrat Commissioners are highly partisan and do not remotely reflect the fair ‘east/west’ districts that for 70 years, always included Lincoln and Flathead Counties in the western district. Without a single proposal that even maintains this basic measure, the Democrats have created congressional districts that are egregious and reckless on their face in an attempt to gerrymander and benefit one political party,” Daines said. Background: Lincoln and Flathead Counties are the
Daines Unveils Proposal Supporting Responsible, Effective Conservation for Montana
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines, chair of the Senate Western Caucus, today unveiled a blueprint for responsible, effective conservation supporting Montana and the West. Daines’ “Western Conservation Principles” serves as an alternative to the Biden administration’s “30 by 30 initiative” and America the Beautiful report. “Conservation is part of our Montana way of life—we know how to be good stewards of our lands,” Daines said. “I believe it’s a conservative principle to conserve. That’s why I’m pushing a new ‘Western Conservation Principles’ initiative that uses science-based, time-tested, locally-driven practices to bring about meaningful conservation outcomes, unlike President Biden’s vague 30×30 initiative.” Daines released the “Western Conservation Principles” with
Daines at Afghanistan Hearing: Biden’s Disastrous Withdrawal Has Left U.S. Vulnerable to Terrorist Attacks
U.S. SENATE — Today at a U.S. Senate Committee hearing, Senator Steve Daines slammed President Biden’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan that led to the deaths of 13 U.S. troops, left Americans and our allies behind enemy lines, and has left the U.S. more vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Daines stressed that Biden’s actions have made the U.S. less safe and allowed Afghanistan to once again become a safe haven for groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda. Watch and download the remarks HERE. “In fact, according to General Milley, he is not confident that the U.S. could deny Al-Qaeda or ISIS the ability to use Afghanistan as a launchpad for
Daines at Senate Hearing: We Must Continue to Invest in Domestic Mineral Production, Protect Montana Mining Jobs
U.S. SENATE — Today at a U.S. Senate Committee hearing, Senator Steve Daines stressed how the Democrats’ reckless, multitrillion tax and spending spree bill will kill Montana mining jobs by imposing burdensome new taxes and fees on small businesses. To begin the hearing, Daines introduced David Brown, President and CEO of WYO-BEN, which is headquartered in Billings and mines bentonite. He asked for Brown’s input on the impact that Democrats’ tax proposals could have on his business and the nation’s supply of bentonite. Watch and download the Senator’s introduction of Brown HERE and his exchange with Brown HERE. “WYO-BEN is a family-owned bentonite mining