WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester today led an oversight hearing to evaluate the Department's supplemental budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 to fund VA disability compensation, pension, and readjustment benefits. During the hearing, Tester stressed the urgent need for the Senate to immediately pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation to provide VA the emergency fu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2024: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester today led an oversight hearing to evaluate the Department's supplemental budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2024 to fund VA disability compensation, pension, and readjustment benefits. During the hearing, Tester stressed the urgent need for the Senate to immediately pass bipartisan, bicameral  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Chairman Matt Rosendale (MT-02), led the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Oversight hearing titled: "VA's Open Cash Register: Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Revenue Operations." Chairman Rosendale discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Program Integrity Tool (PIT), which consolidates community care payment data to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury urging Secretary Yellen to include extraction costs in the final regulations for the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (45X) to ease pressures the mining industry is facing due to Russian interference. The letter comes after previous demands from the Senator went unanswered and in response to news that Montana's Stil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Delivers Remarks Slamming Congress' Broken Budget Process U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks on the Senate floor calling for serious reforms to Congress' budget process. Daines highlighted Congress' record of ignoring the "Budget Control Act" and routine failure to enact all 12 appropriations bills by September 30th. Watch Daines' remarks HERE. Daines' remarks as prepared for delivery: "M  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement after a U.S. District Court temporarily blocked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing its natural gas venting and flaring rule. The ruling comes as a result of a lawsuit filed by the State of North Dakota, along with Montana, Texas, Wyoming and Utah. Hoeven has pressed  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee's oversight hearing entitled, "VA's Open Cash Register: Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Revenue Operations," w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) took to the House floor to address the crisis at our southern border. He detailed how the open border is causing Americans to lose their lives due to fentanyl poisoning, how human trafficking is increasing at a disturbing rate, and how Congress can fix it through the appropriations process. Click the image below to watch the full speech: "Mr. Speaker, this wide-open bo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) introduced new legislation that will prohibit the importation of platinum and palladium from the Russian Federation. This is in direct response to the massive layoffs announced at Sibanye Stillwater Mine last week, which will devastate the local economy. Sibanye Stillwater cited decreasing metal prices and radical environmental regulations as the reasons for reduc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after his vote against H.R. 9494, the Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025. Click the image below to watch the full video: "The House of Representatives just voted down the CR with the SAVE Act attached to it," said Rep. Rosendale. "Finally, enough of the representatives have been honest with themselves and with   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: As a result of his continued work to deliver certainty to water users in Indian Country, U.S. Senator Jon Tester's bipartisan bill to deliver clean water infrastructure to the Crow Tribe passed through the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs via voice vote, setting it up for a full vote on the Senate floor. Tester's bipartisan Crow Water Settlement Amendments Act will make cost-free adjustments to the Crow Tr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: The Senate today passed bipartisan legislation to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) emergency funding for veterans' disability compensation, pension, and readjustment benefits. Tester introduced this legislation alongside a bipartisan group of his Senate and House colleagues to ensure the delivery of reliable, timely benefits for veterans and their families on October 1st. Thi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: Following Sibanye-Stillwater's announcement last week that the company would be undergoing a restructuring that includes layoffs at its palladium mine in Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today urged the Biden Administration to provide federal assistance to miners and communities impacted by the layoffs. In a letter to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: As part of his continued effort to bolster law enforcement and support survivors in Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured $1,053,191 to strengthen partnerships between law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The funding comes from the STOP (Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Continuing his longstanding efforts to protect Montanans' freedom and privacy to make their own personal health care decisions, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today voted for legislation that would safeguard Montana women's access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology. The Right to IVF Act would establish a legal right to access IVF and other assisted reproductive services, over  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 19, 2024: The Senate today passed bipartisan legislation to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) emergency funding for veterans' disability compensation, pension, and readjustment benefits. Tester introduced this legislation alongside a bipartisan group of his Senate and House colleagues to ensure the delivery of reliable, timely benefits for vete  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2024: After urging from Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester and a bipartisan group of his colleagues, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) emergency funding for veterans' disability compensation, pension, and readjustment benefits. The language in the l  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 20, 2024: Following sustained efforts from Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, President Joe Biden today signed into law bipartisan, bicameral legislation to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) emergency funding for veterans' disability compensation, pension, and readjustment benefits. Tester introduced this legislation along  more