WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Fergus County area veterans will receive a new veterans health clinic in Lewistown following sustained efforts from U.S. Senator Jon Tester. As Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester called on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough directly to speed up the delivery of a new VA clinic in Lewistown to better ser  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: Fergus County area veterans will receive a new veterans health clinic in Lewistown following sustained efforts from U.S. Senator Jon Tester. As Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester called on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough directly to speed up the delivery o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: U.S. Senator Jon Tester today spoke alongside seniors and local health care providers in Hamilton about the cost-savings he secured for Montanans on lifesaving prescription drugs. Tester announced this month that the cost of 10 lifesaving prescription drugs will officially be lowered as a result of the first price negotiations authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. An estimated nearly 25  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing his longstanding efforts to support Montana's firefighters, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured $336,522 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) that will go toward the Fire Services Training School, a state level agency which provides professional development for community fire and rescue services that is attached to the Extension Service of Montana State University. As a senior member of the Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing his longstanding efforts to support Montana's firefighters, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured $304,762 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) for the Sula Rural Fire District. The funding will go towards new self-containing breathing apparatuses (SCBAs). As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Tester secured these funds through the FY23 government funding bill. Senator   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: As part of his continued efforts to mitigate effects of extreme flooding in Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured $4,152,375 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funding to go towards the Three Forks Confluence Project, which will remove the western portion of the city from the Jefferson River floodplains and floodway to bolster the local economy. As a senior member of the Senate Appropriati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: As a direct result of U.S. Senator Jon Tester's efforts, Montana-based contractor, NW Construction, today broke ground on the replacement of the St. Mary Diversion Dam. Earlier this summer, Tester announced that an $88 million contract for the project was awarded to NW Construction as part of the up to $100 million he secured for the Milk River Project through his bipartisan Infrastructure Inv  more