WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined a group of his Republican colleagues to call on President Biden and his administration to immediately freeze the Iranian accounts containing the $6 billion dollars that was a part of a ransom deal President Biden made with Iran. "To stand by and allow Iran access to these funds as Hamas infiltrates Israel and murders, rapes, and mutilates countless Israelis   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined his colleagues in announcing they will introduce and seek unanimous consent to pass legislation to block Iran from accessing the $6 billion in funds that the Biden administration released in August. This follows the terrorist attacks against Israel committed by Iranian-backed Hamas. "Just weeks ago, the Biden administration paid out $6 billion to Iran,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines visited McAllen and Brownsville, Texas, yesterday to meet with Border Patrol Agents and get a firsthand look at President Biden's southern border crisis. Daines received a tour of the U.S Customs and Border Protection Rio Grande Valley Sector Processing Center "Ursula," a briefing at U.S. Border Patrol Brownsville Station and tours of the Camp Monument site and border fence along th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) announced that the Pacific Northwest has been named a Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, receiving a $1 billion investment. The designation for the Pacific NW Hydrogen Hub, a collective of private sector, government, academic, research, and philanthropic communities across Washington, Oregon, and Montana, aims to accelerate clean hydrogen technology,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) introduced a bill to terminate President Biden's newly created Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The Office of Gun Violence Prevention was formed in September 2023 as a way for President Biden to implement gun control measures unilaterally without Congressional approval. Rep. Rosendale's bill would abolish the office and any successor office to ensure   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) introduced the Protecting Gun Owners' Privacy Act. The Protecting Gun Owners' Privacy Act would remove personal information from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' (ATF) Form 4473 and require federal agencies to go through the ATF when requesting access to a Federal Firearms Licensee's Form 4473. In June 2023, 20-armed Internal Re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement in support of Israel and urges his colleagues to keep aid for Israel separate from other aid packages. "This horrific attack by Hamas terrorists on Israel, America's strongest ally in the Middle East, puts the face of hate on full display," said Rep. Rosendale. "It is my sincere hope that whatever additional sup  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement ahead of the election for Speaker. "After serving in Congress with both candidates for nearly three years, listening to them over the last few days, and giving this careful consideration, I voted to support Jim Jordan for Speaker in our Conference meeting today," said Rep. Rosendale. "I have had the chance to wor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement regarding the election for Speaker. "Earlier this week, the Republican Conference nominated Steve Scalise as Speaker," said Rep. Rosendale. "While I was intending on supporting Steve on the Floor, he withdrew his name from consideration last night. This afternoon, the Republican Conference nominated Jim Jordan as  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement urging the U.S. Senate to pass H.R. 4365, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, and H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act which have a combined $3.8 billion in funding for Israel. The heinous attacks by Hamas on Israel are horrific. And now more than e  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) invested $26 million to fund a pilot project to accelerate and improve soil moisture and snowpack monitoring in the Upper Missouri River Basin. These funds, distributed from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), will improve hydrological monitoring in the upper basin states of N  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference slamming President Biden's disastrous open border policies. "So, we've talked a lot about the border crisis. If there should be a fire alarm pulled right now, it is the alarm that we're seeing on the southern border with some 11,000 illegal crossings happening every day in this country. Make no mista  more

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines will be visiting McAllen and Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday, October 11th to get a firsthand look at the southern border crisis, tour a migrant processing facility and receive briefings from U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. Daines issued the following statement. "The crisis on our southern border is breaking records left and right and make no mistake, it is a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: Last week, President Joe Biden signed into law Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester's bipartisan legislation to extend critical Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) services and programs relied upon by the nation's veterans and their families. "We have a responsibility to ensure veterans have certainty when it comes to accessing the support they earned in service to our nati  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * In response to the ongoing terrorist attacks against Israel, U.S. Senator Jon Tester released the following statement in support of freezing Iranian assets: "As American intelligence officials continue to investigate the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas, we should review our options to hold Iran accountable for any support they may have provided. "At a minimum, we should immediate  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Jon Tester released the following statement on the ongoing terrorist attacks against Israel: "I strongly condemn the terrorist attacks launched by Hamas against our ally Israel. "My thoughts are with the families of those that have lost their lives in these senseless attacks on civilians. "I support Israel's right to defend itself and am monitoring the unfolding situation." * * * Origina  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today joined a bipartisan group of Senators in calling on the Biden Administration to make it the official policy of the United States to freeze $6 billion in Iranian assets in the wake of Hamas's deadly terrorist attacks on Israel. "Given Iran's history of supporting acts of terrorism through Hamas, the United States must do everything in its power in the wake of this  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: As a part of his continued work to ensure Montana communities are prepared for extreme flooding and drought, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $26,000,000 in funding from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support soil moisture and snowpack monitoring and improve drought and flood forecasting in Montana and four other Upper Missouri River Basin states. This investmen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured a major win for Montana this week by forcing the White House to withdraw one of its Amtrak Board nominees and replace them with someone outside of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The shift follows Senator Tester's blocking of President Biden's slate of Amtrak Board nominees until the Administration brought them into compliance with geographic representation requirements from Tester  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester continues to be the most effective lawmaker during the 118th Congress after successfully turning two new bipartisan bills into law. Tester's bipartisan legislation to protect funding for hunter safety courses and his bipartisan legislation to extend critical Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) services and programs have both been signed into law by the President this month. Tester is   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Oct. 10, 2023: Last week, President Joe Biden signed into law Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester's bipartisan legislation to extend critical Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) services and programs relied upon by the nation's veterans and their families. "We have a responsibility to ensure veterans have certainty when it comes to accessing th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Senator Steve Daines (Mont.) introduced bipartisan legislation boosting Arizona's outdoor recreational tourism industry. The Senators' legislation protects critical jobs in Arizona's outdoor recreational outfitting and guiding services. "We're boosting Arizona's outdoor recreational tourism industry, fueling job creation, and expanding recreational oppor  more