Author: Reilly Lowery

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines praised President Donald Trump and U.S. troops Sunday for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “This is absolutely a great morning for America,” the Montana Republican told Fox News journalist Maria Bartiromo. “This is a great day for the world.” “It’s only fitting that the last sounds that al-Baghdadi would have heard on this Earth would have been the thumps of U.S. forces helicopters …” he said. Responding to a question from Bartiromo about lack of Democratic comment on the raid as of Sunday morning, Daines said the Democrats were obsessed with impeaching Trump. 

You have most likely heard plenty in the recent months about the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the political football being played back in Washington, D.C., to secure permanent, full, dedicated funding for the program. While we aren’t all the way there yet, we are closer than we have been in decades. Montana can be proud that both Sen. Steve Daines and Sen. Jon Tester have been bipartisan champions for reauthorization and funding of this critical program. To say otherwise just isn’t accurate or authentic. Earlier this year, Congress permanently reauthorized LWCF, a critical first step to assuring that

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria has earned condemnation from Montana’s entire congressional delegation. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester told Lee newspapers earlier this month the order to pull troops from Syria’s northern border threatens regional and global stability.  Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte and Republican Sen. Steve Daines – two normally reliable Trump stalwarts – also have their doubts. Daines expressed his concerns during Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Committee meeting where he said the risks of withdrawal outweigh the benefits. “The reduction of the American presence in Syria has resulted in increased influence of Russia and Iran and set the stage for a

MISSOULA — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to name a Montana post office building in honor of Jeannette Rankin. The Missoulian reported Thursday that the approval came Wednesday to rename the building  at 1100 W. Kent Ave. after the Missoula-born Republican known as the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. Officials say the bill was introduced to both the House and Senate in March by Montana Republicans Rep. Greg Gianforte and Sen. Steve Daines. Rankin was elected to Congress in 1916 and reelected in 1940. Officials say she secured the right to vote for

As United States senator from Montana, and as a rancher from Miles City serving as the president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, we took a major step forward last week for Montana ag. Together, we worked to accomplish a historic trade deal between the U.S. and Japan — one that will benefit Montana’s farmers and ranchers for generations to come. Farming and ranching is tough enough as it is. Agriculture isn’t for the faint of heart and making a profit only gets harder if access to critical export markets is restricted and our foreign competitors are given an advantage. This trade

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed by unanimous voice vote a bill to name Missoula’s main post office building in honor of Jeannette Rankin. The approval came Wednesday afternoon after it was introduced in March by Rep. Greg Gianforte of Montana. U.S. Senator Steve Daines presented a similar bill on the same day in the Senate. In a press release from Gianforte’s office, Daines hailed the bill’s passage in the House and said he will continue working to advance S. 953 in that Senate. Gianforte and Daines are Republicans, as was Rankin when she was elected to Congress in