Tag: Foreign Affairs

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to discuss confirming President Trump’s nominees as quicky as possible, strength on the world stage and the need for reduced spending in Washington. Watch Daines’ interview HERE. Daines on Confirming Trump Nominees: We’re off to the best start in a decade in terms of moving quickly in the U.S. Senate. That’s thanks to the new majority leader, John Thune, who’s got the Senate working now seven days a week. And because of that, we’re ten years ahead of where we were, literally, back in the days of Obama trying to put nominees

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today announced the formation of the Senate Central Asia Caucus. The Caucus will focus on strengthening the United States’ relationship with allies in Central Asia, increasing trade and investment and supporting regional stability and security as Central Asia becomes increasingly vulnerable to the influence of Russia, China and Iran. “Now more than ever it’s critical we strengthen our relationship with dependable allies in Central Asia. After spending extensive time in the region meeting with leaders and as our adversaries grow emboldened, Senator Peters and I look forward to working together to improve trade relations, boost agricultural developments, address human

U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today regarding Iran’s unprecedented direct attack against Israel: “I condemn Iran’s unprecedented direct attack against Israel in the strongest possible terms. I also thank our brave men and women who helped defend Israel and our security priorities.  “President Biden has done nothing but project weakness against the Iranian regime since he took office, starting with reversing President Trump’s policy of maximum pressure on Iran, attempting to pay the Iranian regime $6 billion in a prisoner swap and recently allowing the UN sanctions on Iran’s drones and ballistic missiles to expire. These are