Author: rachel_dumke@daines.senate.gov

U.S. CONGRESS – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, Congressmen Ryan Zinke (MT-01) and Matt Rosendale (MT-02) today introduced a bicameral bill to ensure Montana veterans’ access to mental health care in their local communities. “The VA’s mission is to ‘care for those who have served in our nation’s military,’ that means ensuring our brave Montana veterans have access to the highest quality of care no matter where they live. I will always work to protect Montana veterans’ access to health care in communities across Montana,” Senator Daines said.  “The very program created to take care of our veterans should be the last obstacle standing in their way.

Daines Leads Bill Making Tax Relief for Montana Small Businesses Permanent U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today led his colleagues in introducing a bill to make the 20 percent pass-through business tax deduction permanent. His bill, the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act,” willsupport Montana small businesses, help create jobs and strengthen our economy. Without congressional action the tax deduction will expire at the end of 2025. “Montana small businesses are the heartbeat of our Montana communities, and providing them much-needed tax relief will help our economy flourish,” Daines said. “Making this tax deduction permanent will help Montana small businesses thrive, create jobs and expand

Daines Releases Next Video in Series Illustrating Montanans Affected by Fentanyl Crisis U.S. SENATE – As fentanyl continues to devastate Montana communities, U.S. Senator Steve Daines launched a video series highlighting Montanans affected by the fentanyl crisis. Each week, Daines will highlight a video on his social media channels of a Montanan talking about how President Biden’s failure to secure the southern border and stop the flow of fentanyl into Montana communities affects them personally.     This week, Senator Daines is highlighting the story of Tom Schrapps of Butte and his son, Reilly. Reilly Schrapps passed away in July 2022, after taking a pill

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today at a Senate Banking Committee hearing grilled former executives from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank on their bank failures and the recent turmoil in the banking sector. Click HERE to watch and HERE to download.  Senator Daines: I wouldn’t trade your guys’ places there this morning, I can tell you that. The failures of Silicon Valley Banks, Signature Bank and the general turmoil in the banking sector are the direct result of the failures of executives we have before us today. There’s also a failure of financial regulators. I served on an executive team of a financially sound company

At a U.S. Senate Finance hearing, Daines discusses how burdensome audits have potential to hurt all Americans U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today slammed the Biden administration for spending $80 billion to supersize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to target low to middle-income earners in Montana with burdensome audits.  Click HERE to watch and HERE to download. Daines: I’d like to begin my time by addressing the flawed notion that the inflation Reduction Act’s $80 billion in supplemental funding to the IRS will somehow spare ordinary Americans from increased audits. For years, my Democratic colleagues have called for the IRS to reduce the tax gap, the difference between total taxes owed

U.S. SENATE—U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm urging the Biden administration to join them in continuing to advocate for the preservation of the lower Snake River dams. “We write, as members representing constituents from the Northwest United States, urging the Department of Energy to be an advocate for the continued operation of the entire Federal Columbia River Power System, in particular the hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River, consistent with the 2020 Columbia River System Operations Record of Decision. Hydropower is a reliable and carbon-free resource that provides power

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today released the following statement on the findings of the Durham report. “The Durham Report findings are infuriating and should enrage every American as it shows the Clinton campaign worked with the FBI and Department of Justice to manufacture ‘Russian collusion’ and lie to the American people. What’s worse is a willing and biased news media did their bidding. Many responsible violated their oath to the Constitution and they must be held to account for their actions. Doing so is the only way to start to restore trust in our nation’s institutions, which serve as the foundation upon