WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced an amendment to the foreign aid emergency funding bill that would fully fund the "Rip and Replace" program that would remove Chinese components from the United States' wireless communications systems. Without full funding, wireless and broadband providers across the United States will be saddled with billions of dollars in costs that could result in service blackou  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today in response to the Biden administration EPA issuing four massive regulations that will effectively shut down traditional sources of energy across the country: "Today's announcement from Biden's EPA will kill hundreds of thousands of jobs, risk American energy security and ensure no one will be able to charge anything President Biden is mandatin  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - On Thursday, North Dakota was joined by Montana, Texas, and Wyoming in filing a lawsuit in North Dakota Federal District Court challenging the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) newly finalized Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Rule. This rule establishes a new royalty on flared gas, institutes monthly limits on allowable flaring, and adds new appli  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) sent a letter to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, and the Administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Joseph Parson, regarding the recent decision by the National Agricultural Statistics Service to cancel the July cattle inventory survey as well as all county estimates for crops. "This survey cancellati  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement regarding recently announced mandates by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will create unrealistic environmental regulations for coal and natural gas plants and put Montana's fossil fuel industry directly in the crosshairs of Biden's Green New Deal agenda. "With this decision, the Radical EPA has waged war against our  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) voted against four pieces of legislation that combined will send $100 billion of American taxpayer money overseas. H.R. 8038 The 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, H.R. 8036 The Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, H.R. 8035 The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, and H.R. 8034 The Israel Security Supplemental Appr  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 26 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke had the distinct honor of bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal to Montana's Dr. Maury Irvine of Bozeman. During World War II, nearly 250,000 civilian merchant mariners served as part of the U.S. military and delivered supplies and armed forces personnel by ship to foreign countries engulfed in the war. Between 1939 and 1945, 9,521 merchant mariners lost   more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following statement: * * * Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke voted on separate supplemental funding requests for foreign aid, including H.R. 8034, H.R. 8035, H.R. 8036 and H.R. 8038, to address national security issues in Israel, Ukraine, and the Pacific. Zinke released the following statements regarding his votes. H.R. 8034, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act - Zinke vote: No "I've been to a lot of battles in my lif  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: President Joe Biden today signed into law U.S. Senator Jon Tester's bipartisan legislation to crack down on the deadly flow of fentanyl that is wreaking havoc on Montana communities. Tester's Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act will impose economic sanctions on those engaged in the international trafficking of illicit fentanyl, precursor chemicals used to ma  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today voted for a targeted national security package to crack down on the fentanyl epidemic and counter America's foreign adversaries including China, Russia, and Iran. Tester's Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act was included in the final package that now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "America's foreign advers  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following statement on April 24, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Jon Tester today released the following statement on the nomination of Montana Attorney Danna Jackson to be a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana after receiving a recommendation from Tester: "Danna Jackson has a proven track record of applying the law with fairness and integrity throughout her legal career, and I have no doubt that she'll bring th  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today issued the following statement reiterating his longstanding concerns after the Biden Administration finalized on Monday the first-ever minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes: "I have repeatedly made it clear to President Biden and his Administration that one-size-fits-all mandates won't work for Montana, and I have serious concerns that this burdensome staffing requirement w  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Senator voted against reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) because it lacked measures to protect Montanans' privacy As part of his longstanding efforts to protect Montanans' personal privacy rights, U.S. Senator Jon Tester voted to stop the Biden Administration from accessing Americans' personal information without a warrant by opposing the reauthorization of Section   more