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U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today released the following statement after the Senate passed appropriations bills funding the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Agriculture: “Today is a win for Montana’s veterans, farmers and ranchers. We protect the 2nd Amendment rights of our veterans and provide funding for a number of programs that will benefit Montana’s agriculture industry. This is also a step in the right direction for funding the government through a bipartisan and transparent process, which is a win for the American people,” said Daines. Click HERE to see a list of Daines’ wins in the appropriations bills.  ### Contact: Matt Lloyd, Gabby Wiggins

Send Letter to DOL in Support of Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nevada) today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor expressing concerns with a recent change in the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP). HVRP is a grant program that provides employment opportunities and career training to homeless veterans. “Under the recently issued notice FOA-VETS-25-01, prospective grant applicants must maintain a physical location within 50 miles of any county they wish to serve. This follows the previously proposed “hub and spoke” model. Both Congress and the first Trump Administration considered and rejected this

U.S. Senator Steve Daines led his colleagues in sending a letter to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) expressing strong disappointment of the VA’s mismanagement and failure to effectively serve American veterans, specifically the unacceptable budget shortfall stemming its failure to correctly implement the “PACT Act.”  Daines wrote in the letter: “There are numerous examples of ignoring Congressional intent, but perhaps the most illustrative is the implementation of the PACT Act. In January 2023, the VA announced it would begin processing PACT Act benefits claims for all veterans and survivors, completely ignoring statutory requirements that benefits be phased in over an 8-year period. What resulted was a $15

U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement today in response to news that disabled veterans were told their HUD and VA-endorsed living conditions at Ft. Harrison were dangerous enough to pose a health hazard and possibly force them to move. The Fort Harrison Veterans Residences Limited Partnership is an Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) facilitated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which provides housing for disabled veterans and their families.  “Joe Biden failed our disabled veterans at Ft. Harrison today,” said Daines. “The Biden administration did not fulfill its most basic responsibility