WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on June 5, 2024: During a joint Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and Senate Aging Committee hearing today focused on improving support for veteran caregivers, Chairman Jon Tester heard from a Montana veteran caregiver on her experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (Caregivers Program) and its   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: During a joint Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and Senate Aging Committee hearing today focused on improving support for veteran caregivers, Chairman Jon Tester heard from a Montana veteran caregiver on her experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (Caregivers Program) and its restrictive regulations that went into place  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Chairman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Technology Modernization highlighted the failure of Oracle Cerner's unreliable Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems at VA medical centers, as mentioned by Bloomberg's Brody Ford. Click the image below to read full article: Chairman Rosendale's full statement on Oracle Cerner's failures to deliver at the VA:   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines announced the passage of his resolution this week calling for the immediate release of Marc Fogel, a United States citizen and teacher, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia since August 2021 and given an unjust and disproportionate criminal sentence. "Every important milestone in Marc Fogel's life since August of 2021 has been spent away from his friends and family in a Russia  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined a group of his Republican colleagues in a commitment to block President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats' agenda that is threatening the Montana way of life. "Enough is enough. Joe Biden and his Democrat allies weaponized our judicial system and undermined the American people's trust in our government. I will not stand by as the Left's radical agenda tears apart the fabri  more

WASHINGTON, June 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 calling out Joe Biden and Senate Democrats for using political stunts to try to hide the fact that they have failed the American people in every way, from inflation to the border to national security. Watch Daines' remarks HERE. "Some of you might remember Evel Knievel. Evel Knievel was a daredevil.  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke was appointed to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Zinke brings with him military and diplomatic experience from his 23-year career as a U.S. Navy SEAL officer, coupled with time serving as the 52nd Secretary of the Interior, overseeing the Federal relationship with our territories and Freely Associated States. Congressman Zinke will vacate his position o  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after President Biden introduced a new executive order which will permit a minimum of 1.8 million illegal immigrants to enter the country every year and will do nothing to fix the border crisis he created. "It is no surprise that after Biden's election interference attempt last week backfired in the form of over $50 million in donat  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, the House of Representatives began debating the Fiscal Year 2025 Military, Construction, Veterans Affairs, And Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) filed and testified in support of the following amendment: Amendment 63. "All life has inherent value, and genetic testing nearly guarantees the creation and destruction of embryos in the pursuit of the "perfect" child,  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale joined the House Veterans Affairs Committee Oversight Subcommittee hearing titled "Bonus Blunder: Examining VA's Improper Decision to Award Senior Executives Millions in Incentives." Rep. Rosendale questioned the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mr. Michael Missal, and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mr. Denis R. McDono  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) joined the House Natural Resources Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee titled: "Biden's Border Crisis: Examining Efforts to Combat International Criminal Cartels & Stop Illegal Drug Trafficking Targeting Indian Country." This hearing was also joined by Montana-based witnesses, including the Chief of Police of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Mr.   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) testified in front of the House Rules Committee in support of his amendment, Amendment 63, to the Fiscal Year 2025 Military, Construction, Veterans Affairs, And Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Amendment 63 would prohibit appropriated government funds from going towards assisted reproductive technology that place a fertilized egg, a blastocyst, or an embryo in non-hum  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after voting against the Fiscal Year 2025 Military, Construction, Veterans Affairs (VA), And Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The legislation did not include Rep. Rosendale's Amendment, Amendment 63, which would have stopped appropriated government funds from being used for certain types of assisted reproductive technologies, su  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Following repeated pressure from U.S. Senator Jon Tester, President Biden announced today that he will sign an executive order that will shut down the southern border when overwhelmed. Tester repeatedly expressed to President Biden that he must "use all of the remaining tools" at his disposal to secure our borders and called on his Administration to "take action immediately" to raise asylum sta  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today joined Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Biden Administration's first-ever minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes that was finalized last month. A Congressional Review Act resolution, or CRA, is an oversight tool Congress may use to overturn final rules issued by federal agencies by a simple majority vote  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today called on the Biden Administration to crack down on Chinese companies that are engaging in unfair trade practices in the U.S. solar industry by avoiding U.S. tariffs and undermining American workers. In a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Tester and his colleagues called on the Administration to level the p  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced he has secured $1,433,332 for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding to support Central Montana Head Start that will expand access to early education, child care, health and nutritional services, and disabilities resources. As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester secured these funds through the 2024 government  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced he has secured $2,293,129 for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding to support Northwest Montana Head Start that will expand access to early education, child care, health and nutritional services, and disabilities resources. As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester secured these funds through the 2024 governme  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: As part of his longstanding efforts to defend Montanans' freedoms and privacy to make their own personal health care decisions, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today voted for legislation that would protect Montanans' right to access and provide contraception. "Montanans across our state tell me they don't want the federal government in their bedrooms, and they don't want politicians or judges strippin  more