WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Increase American Hydropower U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today led a bill to support American hydropower and increase domestic energy production by allowing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve six-year extensions for hydropower projects licensed before 2020. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and John Fett more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Statement after Meeting with President Trump on Making Tax Cuts Permanent U.S. Senator Steve Daines today released the following statement after his meeting at the White House with President Trump and Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee: "President Trump made a promise to the American people that he would reverse Biden's destructive economic policies and restore prosperity in more PR

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Urges Colleagues to Keep Montana's Bull Mountains Mine Open " It is the lifeblood of Musselshell County" U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today urged his colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to pass his crucial legislation, S.362, to keep Montana's Bull Mountains Mine open, which would protect Montana jobs and energy security. He also spoke with President o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines' Bill to Crack Down on Fentanyl Crisis Passes U.S. Senate U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines' "Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act" passed the Senate today. The bill restricts and reduces the impact of deadly fentanyl in Montana communities by permanently classifying fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, which is reserv more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Sheehy, Downing, Zinke Applaud President Trump's DOI for Supporting Montana Mining Jobs Mine Plan for Spring Creek Coal Mine Approved U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), along with Congressmen Troy Downing (MT-02) and Ryan Zinke (MT-01) today applauded President Trump's Department of the Interior (DOI) for its support of Montana mining jobs after DO more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry released the following testimony by Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer from a March 4, 2025, hearing entitled "The State of the Livestock Industry: Producer Perspectives": * * * Thank you for the invitation and the opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of National Farmers Union (NFU) and Montana Farmers Union. NFU is made up of more than 200,000 family farmers and ranchers across the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall and Risch Introduce Bill to Protect Law-Abiding Gun Owners and Hold ATF Accountable Washington -U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) introduced legislation with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), and Tim Sheehy (R-Montan more PR