WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Colleagues: No Student Loan Bailouts for Campus Criminals Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, legislation preventing any pro-Hamas protestor on college campuses convicted of a crime from having their student loans forgiven. The bill comes after widespread, anti-Semitic protests continue to spread on college campuses across the United States.  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined 26 of his Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging them to restore order to campuses that have been effectively shut down by anti-Semitic mobs that are targeting Jewish students. The Senators requested Attorney General Garland and Secretary Cardona provide an update on efforts  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today expressing concern regarding the United States Postal Service (USPS) decision to move a portion of its Missoula operation out of state: "I have serious concerns about mail delivery and potential job losses in MT as a result of this decision and will be pressing the Postal Service for answers and urging them to reconsider this decision," said Da  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement today in response to Biden administration Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan accusing Montana's Colstrip Power Plant of "cheating the system" on clean air quality standards: "The Biden administration's accusation that Colstrip is 'cheating the system' is a repreh  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Lawmakers from Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, & Montana Urge USDA to "Bring All Resources to Bear" to Address Long-Term Drought Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) alongside 26 Senate and House colleagues representing Western states - including U.S. Senat  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) made the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed Montana Senator Steve Daines's (R-MT) bill to rename the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the Charlie A. Dowd VA Clinic in honor of Charlie Dowd, Montana's last Pearl Harbor survivor. "Charlie Dowd was an American hero and remarkable Montanan who put his life on the line to defend o  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael Regan, accused Colstrip Power Plant of "cheating the system" of destructive green energy standards set by the Biden administration. "The EPA emissions standards created for Colstrip Power Plant are unrealistic at best," said Rep. Rosendale.  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, during a House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) addressed the rising influence of extreme environmental activist groups over policymaking at the Department of the Interior (DOI) and exposed unlawful alliances with radical non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are steering the Biden administration's radical   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: BILLINGS, MT - Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) attended the 2024 Rick Justice Memorial Red and Blue Charity Ball at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center to honor firefighter Wade Bomar. Wade passed last year after many long-fought battles with infections and complications from injuries sustained while responding to wildfires. Rep. Rosendale presented Wade's family with a flag flown over the United St  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) joined the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs as the Committee held a markup on 23 bills. Rep. Rosendale spoke on the following legislation: H.R. 705, The Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, H.R. 6538, The VA Correct Compensation Act, H.R. 6531, Train VA Employees Act, and his own bill, H.R. 6874, The VA WEB Act. Click the image below to hear Congressman Rosend  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after a recent report exposed a group of illegal aliens were secretly flown into Kalispell by the Biden administration. Rep. Rosendale has objected multiple times to the mass resettlement of migrants in Montana and also sounded the alarm about the dangers of migrant relocation in 2021 after an Afghan parolee was arrested in Missoula f  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs passed Rep. Rosendale's legislation H.R. 6874, The Department of Veterans Affairs Watching Over Electronic Benefits Act or The VA WEB Act. This legislation will create an improved monitoring system for the VA website that would optimize the online experience and give more efficient and accessible care to veterans. You can see Rep. Rosendale's full remarks on h  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release: According to the Flathead County Sherriff, a group of illegal immigrants from Venezuela contacted the sheriff's office seeking accommodations on the evening of May 1. Like the some of the other 7.3 million illegal immigrants who passed through Joe Biden's open southern border, they were given a plane ticket to New York before being transported to Kalispell. Unprompted by local law enforcement, the dark money non  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: This week at a House Appropriations Transportation Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee hearing, Congressman Ryan Zinke grilled acting Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Adrianne Todman on the $4.5 million HUD diverted from the Montana Housing Authorities (MHA) reserves by the agency. The reserves are used for financial assistance for renters in Montana  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today in a House Appropriations Interior, Environment and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing, Congressman Ryan Zinke pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan on the Biden Administration targeting Montana's primary source of energy, Colstrip, with new power plant rules signed on April 25, 2024. The rules include a blitz of regulations designed - in the words   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Citing the current drought conditions and lessons learned from historically low 2023 water levels in Flathead Lake, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today urged the Technical Management Team to consider drought projections when setting summer draft limits for the Hungry Horse Project in order to better mitigate potential water shortages in summer 2024. "Last year, the Flathead and Clark Fork basins   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester congratulates Billings' Tyler Brown on his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Brown attends Billings West High School where he is captain of both the football and lacrosse teams, and earned second team all-state during his junior year. He was recognized with the President's Award for Academic Excellence and recently interned with NASA. He has also participated in Boys State. "Mon  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: As a part of his decade-long fight to replace Malmstrom Air Force Base's Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system (ICBM) with the Sentinel Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), U.S. Senator Jon Tester today grilled United States Air Force (USAF) leadership on a timeline for beginning construction on the Sentinel Project in Great Falls during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee h  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: In response to the United States Postal Service (USPS) finalizing the decision to relocate Missoula's Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) outgoing processing operations to Spokane, Washington, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today introduced his Protecting Access to Rural Carriers for Every Location (PARCEL) Act - legislation to prohibit unnecessary and harmful consolidation of mail processing operations nationwid  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following statement on April 30, 2024: * * * Following the news that United States Postal Service (USPS) is finalizing the decision to relocate Missoula's Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) outgoing processing operations to Spokane, Washington, U.S. Senator Jon Tester released the following statement: "While this shortsighted decision exemplifies how out of touch Postmaster DeJoy is with the challenges facing rural America, I'  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on VA's budget request for Fiscal Year 2025, Chairman Jon Tester stressed the importance of ensuring VA continues to build its capacity to deliver more timely health care and benefits to veterans, especially as VA provides a record numbers of toxic-exposed veterans and survivors expanded health care and benefits under the PACT Act. "Wi  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today questioned experts during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, pushing for solutions to decreased competition in agricultural markets, and the need for solutions that protect family farm agriculture. Tester began by highlighting challenges in the agricultural marketplace: "I believe in capitalism. I think you've got to have competition in the marketplace, it keeps eve  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: As a direct result of his bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $4.9 million for Ravalli Electric Cooperative to install a battery energy storage system that increases reliability during outages and ensures backup power. This funding comes from the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) Program, which Tester funded through hisInfrastructure Investment   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing his efforts to combat the opioid crisis in Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester, Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, is calling on the Montana Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VA Montana) to ensure it is providing essential oversight of opioid prescribing practices and that Montana veterans have appropriate and adequate pain management support, including non-opioid options. "When v  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed the Mark Our Place Act--bipartisan legislation introduced by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to honor all Medal of Honor recipients with a headstone, grave marker, or medallion. Currently these memorial honors are   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The Senate today unanimously passed bipartisan legislation spearheaded by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester and the Montana Congressional delegation to name the Butte VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in honor of Montana World War II hero Charlie Dowd, Montana's last surviving Pearl Harbor survivor who passed in March 2023. The bill now moves to the U.S. House of Rep  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on May 2, 2024: The Senate today unanimously passed bipartisan legislation spearheaded by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester and the Montana Congressional delegation to name the Butte VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in honor of Montana World War II hero Charlie Dowd, Montana's last surviving Pearl Harbor survivor who passed in March 2023.  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on May 2, 2024: During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on VA's budget request for Fiscal Year 2025, Chairman Jon Tester stressed the importance of ensuring VA continues to build its capacity to deliver more timely health care and benefits to veterans, especially as VA provides a record numbers of toxic-exposed veterans and survivors expanded healt  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: Continuing his efforts to combat the opioid crisis in Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester, Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, is calling on the Montana Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VA Montana) to ensure it is providing essential oversight of opioid prescribing practices and that Montana veterans have appropriate and adequate pain management sup  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: Continuing their push to improve the quality of veterans' health care, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently led a group of their colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The Senators'   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines this week successfully passed their resolution marking May 5th as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls. The Senators' resolution raises awareness, honors the Native American women who are missing or murdered, and identifies solutions to end this violent epidemic. "Native American women and girls deserve to feel safe in their com  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing their push to improve the quality of veterans' health care, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently led a group of their colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects across the nation. The Senators' Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medi  more